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2014 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 2,098 709 31.9 29.6-34.3 1,389 68.1 65.7-70.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,561 524 30.5 28.0-33.1 1,037 69.5 66.9-72.0
Non-Hispanic Black 334 142 43.2 37.1-49.6 192 56.8 50.4-62.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 94 20 18.8 11.7-28.8 74 81.2 71.2-88.3
AGE
40-44 227 34 15.4 10.8-21.4 193 84.6 78.6-89.2
45-54 435 127 30.8 26.1-35.9 308 69.2 64.1-73.9
55-64 613 225 36.7 32.5-41.1 388 63.3 58.9-67.5
65-74 492 206 42.1 37.2-47.1 286 57.9 52.9-62.8
75+ 298 111 34.7 28.8-41.2 187 65.3 58.8-71.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 283 80 28.2 22.5-34.7 203 71.8 65.3-77.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 550 151 26.4 22.5-30.7 399 73.6 69.3-77.5
Some Post-H.S. 508 176 33.3 28.8-38.1 332 66.7 61.9-71.2
College Graduate 749 301 38.7 34.8-42.7 448 61.3 57.3-65.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 191 48 24.4 17.9-32.4 143 75.6 67.6-82.1
$15,000- 24,999 310 111 35.6 29.6-42.2 199 64.4 57.8-70.4
$25,000- 34,999 184 50 26.6 19.4-35.3 134 73.4 64.7-80.6
$35,000- 49,999 246 87 34.5 28.0-41.7 159 65.5 58.3-72.0
$50,000-74,999 254 98 32.4 26.4-39.1 156 67.6 60.9-73.6
$75,000+ 573 196 32.2 28.0-36.7 377 67.8 63.3-72.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 637 215 32.8 28.6-37.3 422 67.2 62.7-71.4
No 1,445 489 31.5 28.8-34.3 956 68.5 65.7-71.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 702 276 38.5 34.4-42.8 426 61.5 57.2-65.6
Non-Veteran 1,394 432 29.1 26.5-32.0 962 70.9 68.0-73.5
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,189 394 31.4 28.4-34.6 795 68.6 65.4-71.6
No 909 315 32.5 29.1-36.1 594 67.5 63.9-70.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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