2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Prostate Cancer Screening (Males, Age 40+)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,225 1,919 55.4 53.1-57.6 1,306 44.6 42.4-46.9
-Eastern NC 1,048 652 57.9 54.0-61.7 396 42.1 38.3-46.0
RACE
White 702 436 57.9 53.3-62.3 266 42.1 37.7-46.7
African American 206 128 59.0 50.4-67.0 78 41.0 33.0-49.6
Other minorities 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,007 636 58.7 54.8-62.5 371 41.3 37.5-45.2
AGE
40-54 342 145 40.3 34.2-46.7 197 59.7 53.3-65.8
55-64 304 215 70.6 64.0-76.5 89 29.4 23.5-36.0
65-74 252 194 75.4 68.3-81.3 58 24.6 18.7-31.7
75+ 140 94 70.0 60.0-78.4 46 30.0 21.6-40.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 291 169 53.8 46.7-60.7 122 46.2 39.3-53.3
Some Post-H.S. 269 174 60.5 53.0-67.5 95 39.5 32.5-47.0
College Graduate 338 243 70.0 63.6-75.7 95 30.0 24.3-36.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 135 93 64.4 53.7-73.8 42 35.6 26.2-46.3
$50,000+ 381 272 66.1 59.9-71.8 109 33.9 28.2-40.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 350 223 60.5 53.6-67.0 127 39.5 33.0-46.4
No 689 424 56.6 51.9-61.2 265 43.4 38.8-48.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 417 293 67.2 61.2-72.6 124 32.8 27.4-38.8
Non-Veteran 630 359 52.5 47.5-57.5 271 47.5 42.5-52.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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