BRFSS 2006 - Western North Carolina**: (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
-Western NC	483	320	63.2	57.6-68.5	163	36.8	31.5-42.4
RACE
White	448	302	65.0	59.2-70.3	146	35.0	29.7-40.8
African American	10	8	72.1	32.3-93.3	2	27.9	6.7-67.7
Other Minorities	22	8	30.7	13.2-56.3	14	69.3	43.7-86.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic	14	4	17.7	5.5-44.3	10	82.3	55.7-94.5
Non-Hispanic	465	314	65.7	60.0-70.9	151	34.3	29.1-40.0
AGE
40-44	46	12	18.8	10.1-32.4	34	81.2	67.6-89.9
45-54	121	67	57.3	46.4-67.5	54	42.7	32.5-53.6
55-64	133	102	79.0	69.5-86.1	31	21.0	13.9-30.5
65-74	112	85	76.9	67.0-84.6	27	23.1	15.4-33.0
75+	71	54	79.9	67.1-88.6	17	20.1	11.4-32.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	83	41	42.6	29.4-57.1	42	57.4	42.9-70.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	149	94	56.3	46.2-66.0	55	43.7	34.0-53.8
Some Post-H.S.	106	72	70.0	58.3-79.6	34	30.0	20.4-41.7
College Graduate	144	112	77.1	68.1-84.2	32	22.9	15.8-31.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	54	31	51.4	35.3-67.2	23	48.6	32.8-64.7
$15,000- 24,999	71	42	46.9	32.2-62.1	29	53.1	37.9-67.8
$25,000- 34,999	78	51	57.8	44.0-70.5	27	42.2	29.5-56.0
$35,000- 49,999	80	57	70.9	56.9-81.8	23	29.1	18.2-43.1
$50,000-74,999	65	51	70.2	54.7-82.2	14	29.8	17.8-45.3
$75,000+	76	57	78.0	65.9-86.7	19	22.0	13.3-34.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	207	144	68.9	60.1-76.5	63	31.1	23.5-39.9
No	267	172	59.6	52.1-66.7	95	40.4	33.3-47.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	207	158	74.4	66.0-81.2	49	25.6	18.8-34.0
Non-Veteran	276	162	56.6	49.2-63.8	114	43.4	36.2-50.8

*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, 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.

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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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
-Western NC	483	320	63.2	57.6-68.5	163	36.8	31.5-42.4
RACE
White	448	302	65.0	59.2-70.3	146	35.0	29.7-40.8
African American	10	8	72.1	32.3-93.3	2	27.9	6.7-67.7
Other Minorities	22	8	30.7	13.2-56.3	14	69.3	43.7-86.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic	14	4	17.7	5.5-44.3	10	82.3	55.7-94.5
Non-Hispanic	465	314	65.7	60.0-70.9	151	34.3	29.1-40.0
AGE
40-44	46	12	18.8	10.1-32.4	34	81.2	67.6-89.9
45-54	121	67	57.3	46.4-67.5	54	42.7	32.5-53.6
55-64	133	102	79.0	69.5-86.1	31	21.0	13.9-30.5
65-74	112	85	76.9	67.0-84.6	27	23.1	15.4-33.0
75+	71	54	79.9	67.1-88.6	17	20.1	11.4-32.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	83	41	42.6	29.4-57.1	42	57.4	42.9-70.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	149	94	56.3	46.2-66.0	55	43.7	34.0-53.8
Some Post-H.S.	106	72	70.0	58.3-79.6	34	30.0	20.4-41.7
College Graduate	144	112	77.1	68.1-84.2	32	22.9	15.8-31.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	54	31	51.4	35.3-67.2	23	48.6	32.8-64.7
$15,000- 24,999	71	42	46.9	32.2-62.1	29	53.1	37.9-67.8
$25,000- 34,999	78	51	57.8	44.0-70.5	27	42.2	29.5-56.0
$35,000- 49,999	80	57	70.9	56.9-81.8	23	29.1	18.2-43.1
$50,000-74,999	65	51	70.2	54.7-82.2	14	29.8	17.8-45.3
$75,000+	76	57	78.0	65.9-86.7	19	22.0	13.3-34.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	207	144	68.9	60.1-76.5	63	31.1	23.5-39.9
No	267	172	59.6	52.1-66.7	95	40.4	33.3-47.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	207	158	74.4	66.0-81.2	49	25.6	18.8-34.0
Non-Veteran	276	162	56.6	49.2-63.8	114	43.4	36.2-50.8