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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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
-Northeast Partnership I 131 101 79.7 71.2-86.1 30 20.3 13.9-28.8
RACE
White 71 54 80.2 68.5-88.2 17 19.8 11.8-31.5
Other 60 47 79.2 65.9-88.2 13 20.8 11.8-34.1
AGE
18-44 12 7 69.2 40.3-88.2 5 30.8 11.8-59.7
45+ 119 94 81.1 72.2-87.6 25 18.9 12.4-27.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 60 73.3 61.6-82.5 23 26.7 17.5-38.4
Some College + 48 41 91.8 82.9-96.3 7 8.2 3.7-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 65 78.3 67.5-86.3 22 21.7 13.7-32.5
$50,000+ 25 20 81.7 61.3-92.6 5 18.3 7.4-38.7

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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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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