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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 113 31 28.3 19.9-38.6 32 27.9 19.8-37.7 29 24.1 16.8-33.4 10 10.8 5.4-20.3 11 8.9 4.6-16.4
GENDER
Male 113 31 28.3 19.9-38.6 32 27.9 19.8-37.7 29 24.1 16.8-33.4 10 10.8 5.4-20.3 11 8.9 4.6-16.4
RACE
White 103 25 23.5 15.9-33.4 30 28.7 20.1-39.0 27 25.4 17.5-35.3 10 12.3 6.3-22.8 11 10.1 5.3-18.6
Other 10 6 62.7 29.7-87.0 2 22.2 5.4-59.0 2 15.0 3.3-47.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 12 2 17.0 4.1-49.4 2 18.9 4.1-55.9 6 40.5 16.5-70.1 1 9.4 1.3-45.2 1 14.2 2.0-56.7
45+ 101 29 30.0 20.8-41.1 30 29.2 20.5-39.7 23 21.7 14.5-31.3 9 11.0 5.3-21.5 10 8.1 4.2-15.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 12 24.7 13.9-39.9 17 26.9 16.6-40.4 15 21.2 12.4-33.9 7 14.1 6.2-28.9 9 13.2 6.4-25.1
Some College + 53 19 33.6 21.8-47.9 15 29.3 17.7-44.5 14 28.2 17.1-42.8 3 6.1 2.0-17.6 2 2.7 0.6-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 60 15 29.6 17.6-45.3 16 21.6 13.0-33.6 18 33.3 21.4-47.7 6 8.1 3.5-17.8 5 7.5 2.9-17.9
$50,000+ 35 9 20.8 10.7-36.5 12 35.9 21.0-54.2 6 13.1 5.7-27.6 4 18.6 7.3-40.0 4 11.6 4.1-28.7

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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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