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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 64 16 22.1 13.4-34.2 14 20.9 12.2-33.3 16 19.7 11.9-30.8 6 10.4 4.5-22.4 12 27.0 15.8-42.1
GENDER
Male 64 16 22.1 13.4-34.2 14 20.9 12.2-33.3 16 19.7 11.9-30.8 6 10.4 4.5-22.4 12 27.0 15.8-42.1
RACE
White 51 14 24.8 14.6-38.9 8 13.7 6.8-25.8 13 20.6 11.8-33.6 5 11.1 4.3-25.4 11 29.8 17.1-46.6
Other 12 1 7.9 1.1-40.6 6 51.9 23.6-79.1 3 16.4 4.9-42.7 1 7.9 1.1-40.7 1 15.8 2.3-59.8
AGE
18-44 7 1 6.7 0.8-37.5 1 13.3 1.8-56.6 1 13.3 1.8-56.6 3 46.7 15.6-80.6 1 20.0 2.9-67.8
45+ 57 15 24.8 14.9-38.3 13 22.2 12.7-35.8 15 20.8 12.4-32.8 3 4.0 1.2-12.1 11 28.2 16.2-44.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 25 5 16.6 6.8-35.2 7 28.1 12.9-50.8 6 21.0 9.2-41.2 2 5.2 1.2-19.0 5 29.1 12.6-53.8
Some College + 39 11 25.2 13.7-41.8 7 16.7 7.8-32.0 10 18.9 9.9-33.2 4 13.4 5.0-31.3 7 25.7 12.5-45.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 40 10 22.6 11.9-38.5 10 24.2 12.8-41.0 9 20.2 10.4-35.3 2 3.1 0.7-11.8 9 29.9 16.4-48.3
$50,000+ 20 5 23.1 9.4-46.6 4 18.2 6.5-41.6 5 15.6 5.9-35.0 4 26.0 10.0-52.8 2 17.1 3.8-52.0

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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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