2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Prostate Cancer Screening (Males, Age 40+)-Whites

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,048 1,272 54.9 52.3-57.4 776 45.1 42.6-47.7
-Whites 1,565 1,024 57.5 54.5-60.4 541 42.5 39.6-45.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,526 1,008 58.0 55.0-61.0 518 42.0 39.0-45.0
AGE
40-44 141 25 16.2 10.7-23.7 116 83.8 76.3-89.3
45-54 292 127 43.0 36.9-49.3 165 57.0 50.7-63.1
55-64 467 319 66.1 60.9-70.9 148 33.9 29.1-39.1
65-74 403 336 81.2 76.1-85.5 67 18.8 14.5-23.9
75+ 243 206 84.4 78.6-88.8 37 15.6 11.2-21.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 169 68 38.0 30.2-46.4 101 62.0 53.6-69.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 385 220 53.2 47.4-58.8 165 46.8 41.2-52.6
Some Post-H.S. 383 271 63.6 57.7-69.1 112 36.4 30.9-42.3
College Graduate 623 463 65.0 60.3-69.4 160 35.0 30.6-39.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 116 46 37.7 28.3-48.1 70 62.3 51.9-71.7
$15,000- 24,999 185 98 47.5 39.0-56.1 87 52.5 43.9-61.0
$25,000- 34,999 125 79 54.7 44.8-64.3 46 45.3 35.7-55.2
$35,000- 49,999 193 136 59.2 50.6-67.2 57 40.8 32.8-49.4
$50,000- 74,999 204 136 60.1 51.8-67.8 68 39.9 32.2-48.2
$75,000+ 489 353 61.8 56.3-66.9 136 38.2 33.1-43.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 466 293 55.1 49.7-60.5 173 44.9 39.5-50.3
No 1,092 728 58.5 55.0-62.0 364 41.5 38.0-45.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 580 449 73.2 68.4-77.5 131 26.8 22.5-31.6
Non-Veteran 985 575 49.8 46.2-53.5 410 50.2 46.5-53.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 899 589 57.6 53.7-61.5 310 42.4 38.5-46.3
No 666 435 57.3 52.7-61.7 231 42.7 38.3-47.3

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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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