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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 106 39 36.6 27.2-47.2 23 21.2 13.8-31.3 26 26.0 17.8-36.3 9 8.0 4.0-15.4 9 8.1 4.1-15.6
GENDER
Male 106 39 36.6 27.2-47.2 23 21.2 13.8-31.3 26 26.0 17.8-36.3 9 8.0 4.0-15.4 9 8.1 4.1-15.6
RACE
White 96 36 38.4 28.4-49.6 22 21.6 13.9-32.1 23 25.5 16.9-36.4 7 6.7 3.0-14.4 8 7.7 3.7-15.4
Other 9 2 17.6 3.8-53.5 1 18.6 2.8-64.9 3 32.0 10.1-66.3 2 19.4 4.5-55.2 1 12.4 1.7-53.4
AGE
18-44 14 3 21.5 6.9-50.1 2 14.3 3.1-46.8 5 41.0 17.8-68.9 1 7.1 1.0-37.3 3 16.1 4.8-42.0
45+ 92 36 39.8 29.4-51.2 21 22.7 14.5-33.7 21 22.9 14.9-33.3 8 8.2 3.9-16.4 6 6.5 2.7-14.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 24 5 19.6 8.0-40.5 3 11.8 3.7-31.7 8 37.0 19.3-59.1 4 14.0 4.8-34.4 4 17.7 6.6-39.3
Some College + 82 34 42.2 30.9-54.4 20 24.4 15.3-36.5 18 22.4 14.0-33.9 5 6.0 2.4-14.5 5 5.0 1.9-12.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 31 7 18.5 8.4-36.0 8 29.3 14.3-50.7 9 32.2 17.2-52.0 3 8.0 2.3-24.6 4 12.0 4.0-30.6
$50,000+ 65 28 44.8 32.2-58.2 15 20.4 11.8-32.8 13 20.9 11.9-33.9 5 8.4 3.4-19.1 4 5.6 2.0-14.4

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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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