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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 98 20 18.0 11.4-27.2 27 30.3 21.0-41.6 34 32.1 22.9-43.0 9 11.3 5.7-21.2 8 8.2 4.0-16.2
GENDER
Male 98 20 18.0 11.4-27.2 27 30.3 21.0-41.6 34 32.1 22.9-43.0 9 11.3 5.7-21.2 8 8.2 4.0-16.2
RACE
White 78 17 19.5 11.8-30.3 21 27.9 18.0-40.6 28 35.7 24.7-48.4 6 9.6 4.0-21.3 6 7.3 3.1-16.1
Other 19 3 13.5 4.2-35.8 5 36.1 16.4-62.0 6 20.6 8.7-41.4 3 17.9 5.8-43.5 2 11.9 3.0-37.4
AGE
18-44 8 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.1 2.4-63.1 3 39.9 12.6-75.2 3 31.6 9.6-66.8 1 11.4 1.5-51.5
45+ 90 20 20.5 13.1-30.6 26 32.2 22.2-44.1 31 31.0 21.7-42.2 6 8.5 3.6-19.0 7 7.8 3.6-16.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 38 5 10.0 3.9-23.4 10 26.3 13.6-44.7 17 44.6 28.2-62.4 3 8.7 2.8-24.3 3 10.3 3.4-27.5
Some College + 60 15 23.0 13.7-36.0 17 32.9 20.8-47.7 17 24.2 14.7-37.2 6 13.0 5.6-27.4 5 6.9 2.7-16.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 45 9 15.7 7.8-29.0 14 33.4 19.7-50.6 16 36.5 22.2-53.6 5 13.4 5.6-28.8 1 1.1 0.1- 7.3
$50,000+ 44 11 23.2 12.7-38.7 11 28.7 16.0-46.0 13 26.2 14.9-41.8 4 11.3 3.8-29.1 5 10.5 4.3-23.8

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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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