BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (How would you rate your understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of PSA tests?)

	Total Respond.^	Excellent	Very good	Good	Fair	Poor
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
-Northeast Partnership I	133	29	22.9	15.7-32.2	32	21.6	15.0-30.1	48	33.8	25.3-43.5	13	11.0	5.2-21.9	11	10.6	5.5-19.5
GENDER
Male	133	29	22.9	15.7-32.2	32	21.6	15.0-30.1	48	33.8	25.3-43.5	13	11.0	5.2-21.9	11	10.6	5.5-19.5
RACE
White	69	14	20.6	11.5-34.2	22	28.7	18.1-42.2	20	24.8	15.2-37.7	9	18.0	7.2-38.4	4	7.8	2.7-20.6
Other	63	15	25.1	15.1-38.6	10	15.8	8.4-27.9	27	40.8	28.3-54.6	4	5.3	1.9-13.8	7	13.0	5.6-27.4
AGE
18-44	10	1	4.4	0.6-26.9	2	23.0	5.7-59.6	2	18.3	4.5-51.7	3	32.1	10.6-65.5	2	22.1	5.5-58.2
45+	123	28	24.9	17.0-34.8	30	21.4	14.7-30.2	46	35.5	26.4-45.8	10	8.8	3.4-21.2	9	9.4	4.4-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	10	13.5	7.0-24.4	17	20.8	12.5-32.5	36	42.5	30.5-55.6	9	13.5	5.4-30.2	7	9.6	4.1-20.9
Some College +	54	19	38.6	25.0-54.2	15	22.9	13.4-36.4	12	19.3	10.5-32.8	4	6.9	2.4-18.1	4	12.3	4.3-30.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	89	21	24.3	15.5-36.0	22	21.4	13.4-32.3	32	33.8	23.4-46.1	9	13.1	5.4-28.5	5	7.4	2.6-19.7
$50,000+	25	8	32.6	16.2-54.7	6	20.0	8.8-39.1	6	25.7	11.6-47.7	2	5.0	1.1-20.6	3	16.8	5.5-40.9

*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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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	Total Respond.^	Excellent			Very good			Good			Fair			Poor
	Total Respond.^	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
-Northeast Partnership I	133	29	22.9	15.7-32.2	32	21.6	15.0-30.1	48	33.8	25.3-43.5	13	11.0	5.2-21.9	11	10.6	5.5-19.5
GENDER
Male	133	29	22.9	15.7-32.2	32	21.6	15.0-30.1	48	33.8	25.3-43.5	13	11.0	5.2-21.9	11	10.6	5.5-19.5
RACE
White	69	14	20.6	11.5-34.2	22	28.7	18.1-42.2	20	24.8	15.2-37.7	9	18.0	7.2-38.4	4	7.8	2.7-20.6
Other	63	15	25.1	15.1-38.6	10	15.8	8.4-27.9	27	40.8	28.3-54.6	4	5.3	1.9-13.8	7	13.0	5.6-27.4
AGE
18-44	10	1	4.4	0.6-26.9	2	23.0	5.7-59.6	2	18.3	4.5-51.7	3	32.1	10.6-65.5	2	22.1	5.5-58.2
45+	123	28	24.9	17.0-34.8	30	21.4	14.7-30.2	46	35.5	26.4-45.8	10	8.8	3.4-21.2	9	9.4	4.4-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	10	13.5	7.0-24.4	17	20.8	12.5-32.5	36	42.5	30.5-55.6	9	13.5	5.4-30.2	7	9.6	4.1-20.9
Some College +	54	19	38.6	25.0-54.2	15	22.9	13.4-36.4	12	19.3	10.5-32.8	4	6.9	2.4-18.1	4	12.3	4.3-30.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	89	21	24.3	15.5-36.0	22	21.4	13.4-32.3	32	33.8	23.4-46.1	9	13.1	5.4-28.5	5	7.4	2.6-19.7
$50,000+	25	8	32.6	16.2-54.7	6	20.0	8.8-39.1	6	25.7	11.6-47.7	2	5.0	1.1-20.6	3	16.8	5.5-40.9