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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 177 114 62.2 52.7-70.8 63 37.8 29.2-47.3
RACE
White 163 109 64.7 54.9-73.4 54 35.3 26.6-45.1
Other 14 5 28.5 8.7-62.3 9 71.5 37.7-91.3
AGE
18-44 10 1 5.3 0.7-30.9 9 94.7 69.1-99.3
45+ 167 113 69.2 59.7-77.3 54 30.8 22.7-40.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 88 50 47.9 34.8-61.2 38 52.1 38.8-65.2
Some College + 88 63 75.0 62.9-84.2 25 25.0 15.8-37.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 115 70 54.6 42.8-66.0 45 45.4 34.0-57.2
$50,000+ 43 32 73.0 54.7-85.9 11 27.0 14.1-45.3

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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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