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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 210 61 29.0 22.6-36.5 47 22.5 17.0-29.2 60 28.3 22.2-35.4 23 10.8 7.0-16.5 19 9.3 5.8-14.4
GENDER
Male 210 61 29.0 22.6-36.5 47 22.5 17.0-29.2 60 28.3 22.2-35.4 23 10.8 7.0-16.5 19 9.3 5.8-14.4
RACE
White 169 47 28.3 21.0-36.8 39 23.5 17.2-31.1 47 27.0 20.4-34.7 21 11.8 7.5-18.2 15 9.5 5.6-15.6
Other 40 13 30.5 17.7-47.1 8 19.8 9.8-35.9 13 33.4 19.9-50.4 2 7.7 1.9-25.9 4 8.6 3.1-21.6
AGE
18-44 37 6 16.2 7.3-32.1 7 19.0 9.2-35.3 10 26.6 14.5-43.7 6 17.4 7.8-34.3 8 20.8 10.5-36.9
45+ 173 55 32.6 25.1-41.2 40 23.5 17.3-31.2 50 28.8 22.0-36.7 17 9.0 5.3-14.9 11 6.0 3.2-11.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 8 24.8 11.2-46.2 8 21.7 10.8-38.7 13 32.3 18.9-49.3 7 12.4 5.4-26.0 4 8.9 3.2-22.4
Some College + 169 53 30.2 23.1-38.4 39 22.9 16.8-30.5 47 27.8 21.1-35.7 15 9.6 5.6-15.9 15 9.4 5.6-15.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 21 24.2 15.5-35.6 16 23.8 14.5-36.3 26 37.7 26.5-50.4 6 6.0 2.5-13.9 6 8.4 3.7-17.9
$50,000+ 116 34 31.8 22.8-42.4 28 22.7 15.6-31.7 26 20.7 14.0-29.5 16 14.0 8.4-22.5 12 10.8 6.0-18.6

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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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