BRFSS 2006 - Northeastern Partnership***: (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?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	4,244	2,920	65.4	63.5-67.2	1,324	34.6	32.8-36.5
-Northeastern Partnership	313	228	69.8	63.3-75.5	85	30.2	24.5-36.7
RACE
White	208	151	70.3	62.5-77.0	57	29.7	23.0-37.5
African American	89	69	78.1	67.1-86.2	20	21.9	13.8-32.9
Other Minorities	15	7	35.7	15.6-62.6	8	64.3	37.4-84.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	8	3	26.6	7.4-62.1	5	73.4	37.9-92.6
Non-Hispanic	305	225	72.2	66.0-77.7	80	27.8	22.3-34.0
AGE
40-44	34	16	47.4	30.3-65.1	18	52.6	34.9-69.7
45-54	87	52	59.5	47.7-70.3	35	40.5	29.7-52.3
55-64	88	68	78.2	66.7-86.6	20	21.8	13.4-33.3
65-74	63	55	91.1	82.2-95.7	8	8.9	4.3-17.8
75+	41	37	91.7	78.3-97.1	4	8.3	2.9-21.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	76	50	62.2	48.4-74.3	26	37.8	25.7-51.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	107	74	64.3	52.9-74.3	33	35.7	25.7-47.1
Some Post-H.S.	57	38	64.5	48.7-77.6	19	35.5	22.4-51.3
College Graduate	73	66	90.5	80.8-95.6	7	9.5	4.4-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	39	24	57.2	39.0-73.6	15	42.8	26.4-61.0
$15,000- 24,999	50	35	64.7	48.4-78.3	15	35.3	21.7-51.6
$25,000- 34,999	50	33	58.8	40.8-74.7	17	41.2	25.3-59.2
$35,000- 49,999	47	37	75.2	57.4-87.2	10	24.8	12.8-42.6
$50,000-74,999	33	23	70.1	51.3-83.9	10	29.9	16.1-48.7
$75,000+	56	46	80.2	65.3-89.7	10	19.8	10.3-34.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	146	110	75.3	66.3-82.6	36	24.7	17.4-33.7
No	161	117	67.1	57.7-75.2	44	32.9	24.8-42.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	123	105	88.1	81.0-92.8	18	11.9	7.2-19.0
Non-Veteran	189	122	59.9	51.6-67.7	67	40.1	32.3-48.4

*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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership***

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	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
-Northeastern Partnership	313	228	69.8	63.3-75.5	85	30.2	24.5-36.7
RACE
White	208	151	70.3	62.5-77.0	57	29.7	23.0-37.5
African American	89	69	78.1	67.1-86.2	20	21.9	13.8-32.9
Other Minorities	15	7	35.7	15.6-62.6	8	64.3	37.4-84.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	8	3	26.6	7.4-62.1	5	73.4	37.9-92.6
Non-Hispanic	305	225	72.2	66.0-77.7	80	27.8	22.3-34.0
AGE
40-44	34	16	47.4	30.3-65.1	18	52.6	34.9-69.7
45-54	87	52	59.5	47.7-70.3	35	40.5	29.7-52.3
55-64	88	68	78.2	66.7-86.6	20	21.8	13.4-33.3
65-74	63	55	91.1	82.2-95.7	8	8.9	4.3-17.8
75+	41	37	91.7	78.3-97.1	4	8.3	2.9-21.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	76	50	62.2	48.4-74.3	26	37.8	25.7-51.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	107	74	64.3	52.9-74.3	33	35.7	25.7-47.1
Some Post-H.S.	57	38	64.5	48.7-77.6	19	35.5	22.4-51.3
College Graduate	73	66	90.5	80.8-95.6	7	9.5	4.4-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	39	24	57.2	39.0-73.6	15	42.8	26.4-61.0
$15,000- 24,999	50	35	64.7	48.4-78.3	15	35.3	21.7-51.6
$25,000- 34,999	50	33	58.8	40.8-74.7	17	41.2	25.3-59.2
$35,000- 49,999	47	37	75.2	57.4-87.2	10	24.8	12.8-42.6
$50,000-74,999	33	23	70.1	51.3-83.9	10	29.9	16.1-48.7
$75,000+	56	46	80.2	65.3-89.7	10	19.8	10.3-34.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	146	110	75.3	66.3-82.6	36	24.7	17.4-33.7
No	161	117	67.1	57.7-75.2	44	32.9	24.8-42.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	123	105	88.1	81.0-92.8	18	11.9	7.2-19.0
Non-Veteran	189	122	59.9	51.6-67.7	67	40.1	32.3-48.4