2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Prostate Cancer Screening (Males, Age 40+)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,197 1,106 32.2 30.2-34.3 2,091 67.8 65.7-69.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,361 771 30.1 27.9-32.4 1,590 69.9 67.6-72.1
Non-Hispanic Black 496 216 40.7 35.5-46.2 280 59.3 53.8-64.5
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 126 38 27.3 19.0-37.5 88 72.7 62.5-81.0
AGE
40-44 361 77 18.5 14.4-23.4 284 81.5 76.6-85.6
45-54 749 242 30.3 26.5-34.5 507 69.7 65.5-73.5
55-64 882 344 38.8 35.0-42.9 538 61.2 57.1-65.0
65-74 741 275 36.3 32.2-40.7 466 63.7 59.3-67.8
75+ 442 159 35.8 30.0-42.1 283 64.2 57.9-70.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 422 105 24.0 19.3-29.5 317 76.0 70.5-80.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 873 270 29.0 25.5-32.8 603 71.0 67.2-74.5
Some Post-H.S. 789 280 33.1 29.3-37.1 509 66.9 62.9-70.7
College Graduate 1,099 447 40.1 36.5-43.9 652 59.9 56.1-63.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 340 95 27.2 21.7-33.5 245 72.8 66.5-78.3
$15,000- 24,999 484 147 28.6 23.9-33.9 337 71.4 66.1-76.1
$25,000- 34,999 351 116 30.7 25.2-36.7 235 69.3 63.3-74.8
$35,000- 49,999 425 153 33.9 28.6-39.7 272 66.1 60.3-71.4
$50,000-74,999 414 157 33.3 28.0-39.1 257 66.7 60.9-72.0
$75,000+ 793 310 37.6 33.5-41.8 483 62.4 58.2-66.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 990 354 33.5 30.0-37.2 636 66.5 62.8-70.0
No 2,191 748 31.8 29.4-34.3 1,443 68.2 65.7-70.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,152 448 37.4 34.1-40.8 704 62.6 59.2-65.9
Non-Veteran 2,044 658 29.9 27.5-32.5 1,386 70.1 67.5-72.5

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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.

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