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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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
-Northeast Partnership II 110 25 21.8 14.2-31.9 25 23.0 13.9-35.5 38 37.9 27.8-49.2 10 7.3 3.6-14.3 12 10.0 5.4-17.7
GENDER
Male 110 25 21.8 14.2-31.9 25 23.0 13.9-35.5 38 37.9 27.8-49.2 10 7.3 3.6-14.3 12 10.0 5.4-17.7
RACE
White 75 16 19.5 11.9-30.3 19 22.7 14.0-34.5 24 36.8 25.7-49.4 7 7.6 3.3-16.4 9 13.5 6.9-24.7
Other 35 9 24.9 12.0-44.5 6 23.4 8.6-49.6 14 39.4 22.4-59.4 3 7.0 2.0-21.7 3 5.4 1.4-18.7
AGE
18-44 10 4 42.6 15.7-74.7 1 15.7 2.3-59.9 2 14.3 3.3-45.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 27.5 8.5-60.7
45+ 100 21 18.7 11.8-28.5 24 24.1 14.3-37.6 36 41.4 30.3-53.5 10 8.4 4.1-16.3 9 7.4 3.6-14.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 9 16.0 8.0-29.5 19 33.7 19.6-51.3 20 33.8 21.5-48.7 7 9.0 3.8-19.7 5 7.6 3.0-18.3
Some College + 50 16 29.7 17.3-45.9 6 8.7 3.7-19.2 18 43.4 28.2-59.9 3 5.1 1.4-16.9 7 13.1 5.9-26.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 58 12 20.1 10.7-34.6 14 25.7 12.4-46.0 23 41.8 27.1-58.2 6 9.1 3.6-20.8 3 3.2 0.9-10.7
$50,000+ 43 11 24.4 12.7-41.8 9 17.6 8.7-32.5 12 33.4 19.5-50.8 4 6.4 2.0-18.4 7 18.2 8.6-34.4

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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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