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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Prostate Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,021 1,010 24.0 22.5-25.6 1,008 25.0 23.4-26.7 1,207 29.6 27.9-31.4 388 10.6 9.4-11.9 408 10.8 9.6-12.0
-Durham County 93 29 29.7 19.5-42.4 20 17.4 10.9-26.7 20 24.7 15.6-36.8 15 16.9 9.8-27.5 9 11.4 5.7-21.5
GENDER
Male 93 29 29.7 19.5-42.4 20 17.4 10.9-26.7 20 24.7 15.6-36.8 15 16.9 9.8-27.5 9 11.4 5.7-21.5
RACE
White 61 23 36.5 24.5-50.5 15 22.0 12.9-34.9 11 19.1 10.2-33.0 7 12.7 5.8-25.6 5 9.7 3.7-23.2
Other 32 6 21.3 7.3-48.0 5 11.7 4.6-26.6 9 31.6 16.0-52.9 8 22.0 10.1-41.5 4 13.4 4.8-32.0
AGE
18-44 20 5 23.9 9.6-48.2 4 18.0 6.6-40.5 4 18.2 6.7-40.9 4 23.1 8.4-49.5 3 16.8 5.3-42.0
45+ 73 24 31.7 19.7-46.8 16 17.2 10.0-27.8 16 26.9 16.0-41.7 11 14.7 7.7-26.3 6 9.5 3.9-21.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 8 32.7 13.3-60.7 5 13.5 4.9-31.9 8 36.1 16.9-61.0 5 11.1 4.2-26.2 1 6.6 0.9-35.0
Some College + 66 21 28.2 18.1-41.2 15 19.3 11.4-30.8 12 19.2 10.6-32.0 10 19.7 10.5-33.8 8 13.6 6.6-26.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 37 11 22.8 11.5-40.2 8 15.8 7.3-31.0 9 34.6 17.9-56.2 5 12.5 4.5-30.1 4 14.4 5.0-34.7
$50,000+ 50 16 27.6 16.7-41.9 12 21.4 12.0-35.3 8 18.5 9.2-33.6 9 21.2 10.9-37.1 5 11.3 4.5-25.7

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*This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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