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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Randolph 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
-Randolph County 117 18 12.6 7.6-20.2 26 23.9 15.9-34.3 44 39.6 29.9-50.1 13 9.1 5.0-16.0 16 14.8 8.8-23.7
GENDER
Male 117 18 12.6 7.6-20.2 26 23.9 15.9-34.3 44 39.6 29.9-50.1 13 9.1 5.0-16.0 16 14.8 8.8-23.7
RACE
White 106 16 12.7 7.4-20.8 22 20.7 13.2-30.8 41 41.8 31.5-52.9 12 9.7 5.2-17.3 15 15.1 8.9-24.6
Other 11 2 12.2 2.5-42.6 4 45.7 17.5-77.0 3 24.5 7.0-58.5 1 5.2 0.7-30.6 1 12.3 1.7-53.1
AGE
18-44 16 2 14.5 3.6-43.7 2 16.3 3.3-52.9 6 28.3 12.1-53.1 2 12.7 2.9-41.1 4 28.2 10.8-56.2
45+ 101 16 12.2 7.2-19.9 24 25.6 16.9-36.8 38 42.2 31.4-53.7 11 8.3 4.4-15.0 12 11.7 6.3-20.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 77 12 13.7 7.4-24.1 15 20.5 12.0-32.8 28 36.9 25.5-50.0 8 8.9 4.1-18.4 14 19.9 11.5-32.3
Some College + 40 6 10.6 4.4-23.2 11 30.2 15.9-49.9 16 44.5 28.1-62.2 5 9.5 3.8-21.9 2 5.1 1.3-18.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 68 13 15.4 8.5-26.3 15 25.8 15.3-40.0 25 35.7 24.1-49.1 6 6.3 2.7-13.9 9 16.8 8.5-30.5
$50,000+ 38 4 10.0 3.5-25.2 10 24.9 12.3-44.0 13 39.5 23.6-57.9 7 14.8 6.6-29.9 4 10.8 3.9-26.4

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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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