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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 104 23 23.0 14.7-34.1 34 29.7 20.4-41.1 21 18.0 11.1-27.8 14 13.5 7.4-23.4 12 15.7 8.0-28.6
GENDER
Male 104 23 23.0 14.7-34.1 34 29.7 20.4-41.1 21 18.0 11.1-27.8 14 13.5 7.4-23.4 12 15.7 8.0-28.6
RACE
White 75 16 20.7 12.3-32.7 24 31.6 20.4-45.3 18 25.1 15.3-38.2 10 14.2 7.1-26.5 7 8.5 3.9-17.5
Other 29 7 27.3 12.0-51.0 10 26.3 12.3-47.7 3 4.9 1.5-15.3 4 12.3 3.8-33.1 5 29.2 11.6-56.4
AGE
18-44 17 3 15.1 4.7-39.3 5 38.4 16.6-66.0 3 18.3 5.5-46.1 3 16.4 4.7-43.7 3 11.7 3.3-34.1
45+ 87 20 25.8 16.0-38.9 29 26.7 18.0-37.5 18 17.9 10.8-28.4 11 12.5 6.3-23.1 9 17.1 7.8-33.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 10 23.7 11.9-41.6 17 29.8 16.7-47.3 9 12.2 5.8-23.9 8 12.8 5.6-26.5 7 21.6 9.3-42.6
Some College + 53 13 22.2 12.7-35.9 17 29.7 18.2-44.5 12 24.9 13.6-41.2 6 14.4 5.9-31.0 5 8.8 3.5-20.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 51 12 28.0 15.2-45.8 18 28.3 17.0-43.3 7 10.2 4.4-21.8 8 13.2 5.8-27.6 6 20.2 8.0-42.4
$50,000+ 40 9 17.7 8.6-33.0 10 30.4 15.3-51.5 10 22.7 11.6-39.6 5 15.7 6.2-34.6 6 13.4 5.8-28.1

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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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