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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**

Prostate Cancer Screening

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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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 102 20 17.1 10.6-26.5 26 24.1 16.1-34.5 33 30.9 21.4-42.4 12 15.2 8.1-26.5 11 12.7 6.6-22.8
GENDER
Male 102 20 17.1 10.6-26.5 26 24.1 16.1-34.5 33 30.9 21.4-42.4 12 15.2 8.1-26.5 11 12.7 6.6-22.8
RACE
White 77 18 21.0 12.6-32.7 23 30.5 20.1-43.3 19 19.4 11.8-30.2 8 13.5 6.2-26.8 9 15.7 7.9-28.9
Other 25 2 7.6 1.9-26.5 3 8.5 2.6-24.6 14 59.4 36.8-78.6 4 19.4 6.6-45.2 2 5.1 1.2-18.9
AGE
18-44 16 0 0.0 . - . 3 18.3 5.6-45.8 6 37.5 14.8-67.3 4 29.3 10.7-59.1 3 14.9 4.3-40.4
45+ 86 20 21.3 13.3-32.3 23 25.5 16.6-37.1 27 29.4 19.6-41.4 8 11.7 5.2-24.3 8 12.1 5.7-24.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 6 9.8 4.0-21.8 12 21.5 11.8-35.9 26 41.0 27.1-56.4 9 18.3 8.7-34.5 6 9.4 4.0-20.8
Some College + 43 14 28.5 16.3-44.9 14 28.2 16.2-44.3 7 15.5 7.3-29.9 3 10.3 3.2-28.1 5 17.6 7.0-37.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 64 6 7.7 3.2-17.4 16 23.3 13.9-36.5 26 40.1 27.4-54.3 9 17.8 8.8-32.7 7 11.0 5.0-22.5
$50,000+ 31 12 31.8 16.8-51.9 10 30.6 15.7-51.0 4 15.1 4.1-42.5 2 12.2 3.0-38.8 3 10.2 3.2-28.5

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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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