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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 108 41 38.8 29.2-49.3 25 20.8 13.9-30.0 24 25.3 17.1-35.7 10 8.0 4.1-14.8 8 7.1 3.3-14.6
GENDER
Male 108 41 38.8 29.2-49.3 25 20.8 13.9-30.0 24 25.3 17.1-35.7 10 8.0 4.1-14.8 8 7.1 3.3-14.6
RACE
White 94 35 37.9 28.0-48.9 23 22.4 14.8-32.5 20 24.3 15.8-35.4 8 6.8 3.3-13.6 8 8.6 4.0-17.4
Other 14 6 42.9 18.4-71.5 2 13.0 3.1-41.1 4 30.4 11.0-60.7 2 13.6 3.3-42.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 18 6 37.7 17.1-64.0 2 10.9 2.7-35.2 5 27.7 11.4-53.4 2 8.6 1.9-30.9 3 15.0 4.7-38.7
45+ 90 35 39.1 28.8-50.3 23 23.7 15.6-34.2 19 24.6 15.8-36.2 8 7.8 3.8-15.4 5 4.8 1.7-13.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 13 45.1 27.1-64.5 6 19.3 8.6-37.7 5 17.2 6.8-37.1 4 8.9 3.1-22.8 3 9.6 2.8-28.0
Some College + 77 28 35.9 25.3-48.1 19 21.5 13.4-32.7 19 29.0 18.9-41.8 6 7.6 3.3-16.6 5 6.0 2.3-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 37 16 41.2 25.9-58.3 8 21.8 10.9-38.9 8 23.5 11.5-42.0 3 6.4 1.9-19.4 2 7.2 1.8-24.5
$50,000+ 49 19 38.7 25.3-54.0 9 15.9 7.8-29.8 12 28.7 16.8-44.6 5 9.5 3.8-22.2 4 7.1 2.2-20.6

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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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