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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 181 41 22.6 16.3-30.4 46 26.9 19.8-35.4 49 23.3 16.8-31.4 20 16.0 9.7-25.3 25 11.1 6.9-17.6
GENDER
Male 181 41 22.6 16.3-30.4 46 26.9 19.8-35.4 49 23.3 16.8-31.4 20 16.0 9.7-25.3 25 11.1 6.9-17.6
RACE
White 168 38 23.0 16.5-31.2 44 29.2 21.7-38.1 44 21.5 15.5-29.2 19 14.5 8.9-22.5 23 11.7 7.1-18.6
Other 13 3 18.3 4.0-54.7 2 3.8 0.8-16.6 5 41.1 11.8-78.4 1 31.3 5.2-79.2 2 5.6 0.8-29.4
AGE
18-44 29 2 5.9 1.4-21.4 6 17.1 6.7-37.1 6 13.5 4.7-33.0 7 42.2 21.7-65.8 8 21.4 9.1-42.4
45+ 152 39 27.4 19.9-36.5 40 29.7 21.6-39.3 43 26.2 18.7-35.4 13 8.5 4.7-14.8 17 8.2 4.6-14.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 89 15 18.6 10.9-29.9 19 24.1 14.7-36.9 27 23.1 14.6-34.4 11 18.4 8.9-34.2 17 15.8 8.8-26.8
Some College + 92 26 26.8 17.7-38.4 27 29.8 20.1-41.7 22 23.7 14.6-36.0 9 13.5 6.9-24.7 8 6.3 2.7-14.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 103 22 19.8 12.3-30.3 25 24.9 16.1-36.3 26 20.1 12.6-30.3 12 19.6 10.2-34.4 18 15.6 9.0-25.9
$50,000+ 54 12 24.7 13.7-40.4 14 26.4 15.1-42.0 16 27.3 15.4-43.7 7 15.0 7.0-29.1 5 6.6 2.1-18.7

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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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