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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Prostate Cancer Screening-MALES

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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%)
TOTAL 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
RACE
White 3,279 841 24.4 22.7-26.2 844 26.0 24.2-27.8 963 28.7 26.9-30.6 309 10.5 9.2-11.9 322 10.5 9.2-11.8
African American 562 123 22.5 18.6-27.0 128 23.6 19.6-28.2 195 34.1 29.6-38.9 64 11.1 8.4-14.6 52 8.6 6.4-11.6
Asian 17 4 18.8 5.9-46.3 2 12.8 3.0-40.8 5 30.2 11.6-58.8 1 9.1 1.3-43.3 5 29.1 11.4-56.6
Native American 66 16 28.9 16.8-45.1 18 24.2 14.4-37.8 16 26.5 15.8-40.8 5 5.9 2.4-13.7 11 14.6 7.4-26.5
Other Minorities 84 24 22.4 13.5-34.8 13 14.4 6.6-28.5 22 28.7 17.6-43.3 8 13.4 5.5-29.1 17 21.1 11.7-35.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 95 18 18.7 10.9-30.2 12 9.0 4.4-17.6 36 36.2 24.8-49.4 7 11.7 4.6-26.8 22 24.4 14.9-37.4
-English Speaking 46 13 37.4 21.8-56.1 7 12.9 5.3-28.0 18 30.8 18.5-46.6 2 6.2 1.4-23.7 6 12.7 5.5-26.7
-Spanish Speaking 49 5 8.0 2.8-20.9 5 6.9 2.2-19.4 18 39.2 23.5-57.6 5 14.9 4.9-37.0 16 31.1 17.2-49.4
Non-Hispanic 3,924 991 24.2 22.7-25.9 995 25.7 24.0-27.4 1,171 29.4 27.7-31.1 381 10.5 9.4-11.8 386 10.2 9.1-11.4
AGE
35-44 606 109 17.2 14.0-20.9 122 21.6 17.8-26.0 163 26.0 22.1-30.3 101 17.9 14.4-22.1 111 17.3 14.1-21.0
45-54 1,089 250 22.0 19.2-25.1 255 24.2 21.2-27.4 349 31.5 28.3-35.0 102 9.8 7.8-12.2 133 12.5 10.2-15.2
55-64 1,060 305 27.6 24.6-30.9 284 28.0 24.8-31.3 306 29.4 26.3-32.7 83 8.2 6.4-10.5 82 6.8 5.4- 8.7
65-74 763 219 29.1 25.5-33.0 211 26.2 22.8-29.9 229 31.4 27.7-35.4 55 6.9 5.2- 9.2 49 6.4 4.7- 8.6
75+ 503 127 29.0 24.2-34.2 136 26.2 22.0-30.9 160 29.2 24.8-34.0 47 8.6 6.2-11.9 33 7.1 4.8-10.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 604 85 14.2 10.8-18.4 119 17.4 13.9-21.5 213 34.5 29.8-39.6 80 14.1 10.6-18.6 107 19.8 15.8-24.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,171 254 21.3 18.6-24.3 298 26.5 23.5-29.8 379 31.0 28.0-34.2 120 11.0 8.9-13.6 120 10.1 8.3-12.3
Some Post-H.S. 901 231 23.9 20.7-27.3 223 24.2 21.0-27.7 285 32.4 28.8-36.3 76 9.7 7.5-12.5 86 9.8 7.6-12.4
College Graduate 1,340 439 30.7 27.9-33.6 367 27.8 24.9-30.8 330 24.6 22.0-27.5 109 9.0 7.3-11.0 95 8.0 6.3-10.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 374 68 19.5 14.7-25.6 72 18.7 14.4-24.0 121 32.7 26.9-39.0 51 12.0 8.7-16.4 62 17.0 12.7-22.5
$15,000- 24,999 583 123 20.3 16.4-24.7 143 23.8 19.4-28.8 204 32.6 27.9-37.7 56 10.7 7.4-15.2 57 12.6 9.2-17.1
$25,000- 34,999 487 110 20.9 16.9-25.6 117 22.6 18.4-27.3 165 34.9 29.9-40.3 40 9.9 6.7-14.4 55 11.7 8.7-15.6
$35,000- 49,999 603 153 22.6 19.1-26.6 170 27.0 22.9-31.5 175 30.5 26.3-35.1 47 10.6 7.7-14.6 58 9.2 6.9-12.1
$50,000-74,999 623 156 23.4 19.8-27.4 175 27.5 23.6-31.7 174 28.9 24.8-33.4 61 10.1 7.6-13.3 57 10.1 7.5-13.4
$75,000+ 887 292 29.6 26.3-33.1 221 27.0 23.5-30.7 212 23.8 20.6-27.2 92 11.2 9.0-14.0 70 8.4 6.5-10.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,399 330 24.1 21.4-27.0 335 24.5 21.7-27.5 427 29.1 26.3-32.1 145 10.8 8.8-13.3 162 11.5 9.6-13.6
No 2,596 675 24.1 22.2-26.1 665 25.2 23.2-27.3 771 29.9 27.8-32.1 241 10.5 9.1-12.1 244 10.3 8.9-11.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,675 470 27.6 25.1-30.2 464 28.7 26.1-31.4 484 28.0 25.6-30.6 133 7.7 6.3- 9.4 124 8.0 6.5- 9.7
Non-Veteran 2,345 540 21.9 20.0-24.0 544 22.9 20.9-25.0 723 30.6 28.3-32.9 255 12.3 10.6-14.1 283 12.4 10.8-14.1

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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.

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