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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,354 | 2,136 | 56.5 | 54.0-59.0 | 1,218 | 43.5 | 41.0-46.0 |
| -Western NC | 604 | 397 | 58.9 | 53.5-64.1 | 207 | 41.1 | 35.9-46.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 557 | 371 | 60.1 | 54.7-65.4 | 186 | 39.9 | 34.6-45.3 |
| African American | 10 | 5 | 32.1 | 9.6-67.9 | 5 | 67.9 | 32.1-90.4 |
| Other Minorities | 31 | 18 | 67.4 | 43.0-85.0 | 13 | 32.6 | 15.0-57.0 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 9 | 6 | 61.6 | 22.2-90.0 | 3 | 38.4 | 10.0-77.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 594 | 390 | 58.7 | 53.3-63.9 | 204 | 41.3 | 36.1-46.7 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 40-44 | 54 | 14 | 30.7 | 18.4-46.5 | 40 | 69.3 | 53.5-81.6 |
| 45-54 | 118 | 54 | 45.2 | 34.5-56.3 | 64 | 54.8 | 43.7-65.5 |
| 55-64 | 185 | 130 | 70.8 | 62.9-77.6 | 55 | 29.2 | 22.4-37.1 |
| 65+ | 247 | 199 | 82.2 | 76.2-86.9 | 48 | 17.8 | 13.1-23.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 99 | 54 | 44.4 | 32.3-57.3 | 45 | 55.6 | 42.7-67.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 154 | 96 | 55.6 | 45.2-65.5 | 58 | 44.4 | 34.5-54.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 147 | 92 | 54.0 | 43.0-64.6 | 55 | 46.0 | 35.4-57.0 |
| College Graduate | 202 | 155 | 74.6 | 65.4-81.9 | 47 | 25.4 | 18.1-34.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 73 | 36 | 45.8 | 32.1-60.1 | 37 | 54.2 | 39.9-67.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 104 | 60 | 50.7 | 37.5-63.7 | 44 | 49.3 | 36.3-62.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 85 | 57 | 60.2 | 45.2-73.4 | 28 | 39.8 | 26.6-54.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 79 | 50 | 50.1 | 36.1-64.1 | 29 | 49.9 | 35.9-63.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 103 | 75 | 68.5 | 54.6-79.8 | 28 | 31.5 | 20.2-45.4 |
| $75,000+ | 103 | 83 | 75.6 | 63.5-84.7 | 20 | 24.4 | 15.3-36.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 263 | 175 | 63.1 | 55.2-70.3 | 88 | 36.9 | 29.7-44.8 |
| No | 327 | 212 | 55.6 | 48.2-62.8 | 115 | 44.4 | 37.2-51.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 234 | 171 | 70.4 | 61.6-77.9 | 63 | 29.6 | 22.1-38.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 370 | 226 | 53.7 | 46.9-60.3 | 144 | 46.3 | 39.7-53.1 |
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*Male respondents age 40+ who never had a PSA test are included in the NO category.
^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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