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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 96 25 23.4 15.7-33.3 23 22.3 14.7-32.4 34 37.9 27.6-49.3 7 8.9 3.7-20.1 7 7.5 3.3-16.1
GENDER
Male 96 25 23.4 15.7-33.3 23 22.3 14.7-32.4 34 37.9 27.6-49.3 7 8.9 3.7-20.1 7 7.5 3.3-16.1
RACE
White 74 20 24.9 16.2-36.3 19 25.8 16.6-37.9 25 35.5 24.4-48.4 5 7.1 2.7-17.5 5 6.6 2.5-16.3
Other 22 5 19.7 7.6-42.5 4 14.1 4.5-36.1 9 43.4 22.9-66.4 2 13.2 2.6-45.8 2 9.7 2.2-33.4
AGE
18-44 16 1 6.1 0.8-33.3 4 28.1 10.3-56.9 6 41.2 19.1-67.5 2 12.4 2.7-42.2 3 12.2 3.5-34.6
45+ 80 24 28.0 18.8-39.5 19 20.8 13.1-31.3 28 37.0 26.0-49.5 5 8.0 2.7-21.5 4 6.3 2.2-16.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 33 4 12.4 4.3-30.7 8 16.6 7.8-31.8 14 42.0 24.6-61.6 4 16.8 5.3-41.9 3 12.2 3.8-32.6
Some College + 63 21 29.9 19.6-42.7 15 25.7 15.5-39.3 20 35.4 23.5-49.5 3 4.3 1.4-12.7 4 4.8 1.6-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 44 8 16.1 7.5-31.1 11 21.9 11.6-37.5 21 51.0 34.7-67.1 1 1.5 0.2-10.3 3 9.5 2.9-27.2
$50,000+ 43 15 30.8 18.8-46.2 10 25.0 13.6-41.4 9 25.6 13.7-42.8 5 11.1 4.2-26.2 4 7.4 2.6-19.4

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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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