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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 111 26 22.1 14.8-31.5 30 29.7 20.9-40.4 37 30.2 21.5-40.6 6 7.3 3.1-16.1 12 10.7 5.7-19.1
GENDER
Male 111 26 22.1 14.8-31.5 30 29.7 20.9-40.4 37 30.2 21.5-40.6 6 7.3 3.1-16.1 12 10.7 5.7-19.1
RACE
White 85 16 17.3 10.3-27.6 25 34.2 23.3-47.0 30 30.4 20.6-42.4 5 8.4 3.3-19.8 9 9.8 4.8-18.8
Other 26 10 33.3 17.7-53.7 5 19.3 7.9-39.9 7 29.7 14.4-51.5 1 4.8 0.7-27.2 3 12.9 3.8-35.6
AGE
18-44 9 3 31.5 9.9-65.9 2 18.8 4.2-55.0 1 9.0 1.2-44.4 2 21.6 5.3-57.8 1 19.2 2.9-65.6
45+ 102 23 20.9 13.6-30.7 28 31.1 21.6-42.4 36 32.8 23.3-43.9 4 5.6 1.9-15.1 11 9.7 5.2-17.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 7 15.5 6.9-31.4 9 17.0 8.4-31.4 20 41.6 26.5-58.5 3 11.9 3.8-31.4 7 14.0 6.4-28.1
Some College + 65 19 26.0 16.4-38.7 21 37.5 25.1-51.7 17 23.3 13.9-36.3 3 4.5 1.3-14.2 5 8.7 3.3-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 50 11 21.2 11.3-36.2 9 17.5 8.9-31.5 20 39.7 25.7-55.5 2 7.5 1.8-26.4 8 14.2 6.7-27.5
$50,000+ 39 12 27.2 15.0-44.1 15 43.9 27.6-61.6 8 18.9 8.5-36.7 3 7.0 2.0-21.2 1 3.1 0.4-19.0

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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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