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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Prostate Cancer Counseling

Has a doctor or other health professional ever talked with you about having any kind of screening test or exam to check for prostate cancer?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,244 2,920 65.4 63.5-67.2 1,324 34.6 32.8-36.5
-Mtn. AHEC 276 183 63.2 55.7-70.1 93 36.8 29.9-44.3
RACE
White 255 173 65.3 57.5-72.3 82 34.7 27.7-42.5
Other 19 8 32.2 13.1-60.0 11 67.8 40.0-86.9
AGE
18-44 21 3 9.0 2.7-26.6 18 91.0 73.4-97.3
45+ 255 180 70.4 62.7-77.0 75 29.6 23.0-37.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 70 47.7 36.7-59.0 54 52.3 41.0-63.3
Some College + 151 112 75.3 66.1-82.7 39 24.7 17.3-33.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 103 55.5 45.6-65.0 61 44.5 35.0-54.4
$50,000+ 79 60 74.1 60.9-84.1 19 25.9 15.9-39.1

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*Question asked of males 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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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