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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Prostate Cancer Screening (Males, Age 40+)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,646 3,859 80.8 79.2-82.3 787 19.2 17.7-20.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 92 82 88.5 78.9-94.1 10 11.5 5.9-21.1
Buncombe 106 94 85.2 75.2-91.7 12 14.8 8.3-24.8
Cabarrus 111 92 79.7 69.0-87.4 19 20.3 12.6-31.0
Catawba 141 120 78.4 68.1-86.0 21 21.6 14.0-31.9
Cumberland 122 101 81.0 71.8-87.7 21 19.0 12.3-28.2
Davidson 133 104 77.3 68.1-84.5 29 22.7 15.5-31.9
Durham 104 89 86.1 76.5-92.2 15 13.9 7.8-23.5
Forsyth 128 111 86.8 78.8-92.1 17 13.2 7.9-21.2
Gaston 129 104 77.7 68.0-85.1 25 22.3 14.9-32.0
Guilford 122 101 79.7 69.1-87.3 21 20.3 12.7-30.9
Iredell 114 94 79.2 68.4-87.0 20 20.8 13.0-31.6
Johnston 134 113 81.1 72.2-87.6 21 18.9 12.4-27.8
Mecklenburg 220 186 79.1 71.5-85.1 34 20.9 14.9-28.5
New Hanover 119 98 81.3 71.5-88.2 21 18.7 11.8-28.5
Onslow 123 107 84.6 75.2-90.8 16 15.4 9.2-24.8
Orange 123 98 72.0 61.1-80.8 25 28.0 19.2-38.9
Pitt 94 80 80.7 66.6-89.8 14 19.3 10.2-33.4
Randolph 106 86 80.2 69.2-87.9 20 19.8 12.1-30.8
Robeson 103 73 63.5 51.0-74.5 30 36.5 25.5-49.0
Rowan 142 120 79.3 68.8-87.0 22 20.7 13.0-31.2
Union 111 96 83.8 73.5-90.6 15 16.2 9.4-26.5
Wake 176 158 89.7 83.7-93.7 18 10.3 6.3-16.3
Wayne 109 90 71.7 56.4-83.3 19 28.3 16.7-43.6
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,486 1,223 78.3 75.3-81.1 263 21.7 18.9-24.7
Piedmont 2,246 1,888 82.3 80.1-84.3 358 17.7 15.7-19.9
Western NC 914 748 79.7 76.0-83.0 166 20.3 17.0-24.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 604 488 78.5 73.6-82.7 116 21.5 17.3-26.4
Northwest 1,018 850 81.4 78.1-84.3 168 18.6 15.7-21.9
Charlotte 642 532 78.4 73.7-82.4 110 21.6 17.6-26.3
Greensboro 504 418 79.6 74.3-84.1 86 20.4 15.9-25.7
Southern Regional 423 339 79.1 73.8-83.6 84 20.9 16.4-26.2
Coastal 244 202 80.0 72.8-85.6 42 20.0 14.4-27.2
Wake 480 419 88.0 83.8-91.1 61 12.0 8.9-16.2
Area L 129 104 78.1 67.9-85.8 25 21.9 14.2-32.1
Eastern 602 507 78.8 73.3-83.4 95 21.2 16.6-26.7

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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