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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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
-Robeson County 87 21 19.4 12.2-29.4 17 17.0 10.0-27.4 24 32.2 21.4-45.3 11 13.4 7.3-23.2 14 18.0 10.4-29.2
GENDER
Male 87 21 19.4 12.2-29.4 17 17.0 10.0-27.4 24 32.2 21.4-45.3 11 13.4 7.3-23.2 14 18.0 10.4-29.2
RACE
White 37 10 21.2 10.9-37.0 8 20.4 9.5-38.5 8 21.6 10.3-39.9 6 19.7 8.6-38.9 5 17.1 7.0-36.4
Other 49 11 19.3 10.2-33.5 9 15.9 7.6-30.1 16 39.9 25.0-56.9 5 10.3 4.3-22.8 8 14.7 7.1-27.7
AGE
18-44 16 1 3.1 0.4-20.0 2 9.2 2.0-33.3 2 23.5 5.3-62.8 5 30.6 12.5-57.7 6 33.5 14.1-60.9
45+ 71 20 23.8 14.9-35.8 15 19.2 10.9-31.5 22 34.6 22.8-48.6 6 8.7 3.7-19.3 8 13.7 6.6-26.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 8 10.7 5.1-21.4 9 17.8 8.8-32.7 17 37.1 22.9-53.9 8 16.0 7.8-29.8 10 18.3 9.6-32.2
Some College + 34 13 36.1 20.6-55.2 8 16.1 7.5-31.3 7 24.1 11.3-44.2 2 5.9 1.4-21.5 4 17.8 6.3-41.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 65 14 17.2 9.6-28.9 11 14.8 7.8-26.1 20 34.9 22.2-50.1 8 12.4 6.0-23.9 12 20.8 11.6-34.4
$50,000+ 19 5 23.5 9.5-47.2 6 28.5 11.0-56.3 4 25.6 9.6-52.8 2 13.4 3.4-40.7 2 9.0 2.1-31.1

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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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