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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

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Respond.^
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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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 150 43 27.8 20.5-36.5 42 25.6 18.5-34.3 47 32.4 24.3-41.8 11 9.4 5.0-17.1 7 4.7 2.1-10.4
GENDER
Male 150 43 27.8 20.5-36.5 42 25.6 18.5-34.3 47 32.4 24.3-41.8 11 9.4 5.0-17.1 7 4.7 2.1-10.4
RACE
White 107 34 33.8 24.4-44.7 29 26.6 18.2-37.2 33 29.4 20.4-40.4 4 2.9 1.1- 7.8 7 7.2 3.2-15.4
Other 42 9 16.6 7.8-31.9 13 24.1 12.9-40.6 13 37.0 22.1-54.8 7 22.3 10.8-40.6 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 17 5 29.2 11.7-56.3 3 12.2 3.4-35.6 5 33.7 13.4-62.7 3 22.3 7.2-51.2 1 2.6 0.4-17.2
45+ 133 38 27.5 19.9-36.5 39 28.6 20.7-38.2 42 32.2 23.9-41.7 8 6.6 3.1-13.3 6 5.2 2.1-12.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 82 20 22.8 14.3-34.4 23 27.3 17.7-39.6 26 32.7 22.0-45.5 8 12.1 5.7-23.8 5 5.1 2.0-12.4
Some College + 68 23 35.3 23.7-49.0 19 23.1 14.3-35.1 21 32.1 20.8-45.9 3 5.4 1.7-16.0 2 4.1 0.8-18.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 17 17.7 10.7-27.9 28 30.9 21.0-42.9 32 39.4 28.3-51.7 4 5.8 2.1-15.1 6 6.3 2.6-14.1
$50,000+ 49 21 39.6 25.5-55.7 11 21.3 11.1-36.9 12 25.7 13.5-43.4 4 9.6 3.2-25.6 1 3.7 0.5-22.1

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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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