2018 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 1,391 446 29.1 26.3-32.1 945 70.9 67.9-73.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,246 417 30.5 27.5-33.7 829 69.5 66.3-72.5
No 145 28 16.9 10.5-26.1 117 83.1 73.9-89.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 292 110 34.2 27.8-41.3 182 65.8 58.7-72.2
Overweight 589 180 26.8 22.8-31.3 409 73.2 68.7-77.2
Obese 459 141 28.6 23.8-34.0 318 71.4 66.0-76.2
Current Smoker
Yes 226 62 24.8 18.4-32.5 164 75.2 67.5-81.6
No 1,156 381 30.2 27.0-33.5 775 69.8 66.5-73.0
History of CVD**
Yes 286 114 39.4 32.4-46.9 172 60.6 53.1-67.6
No 1,100 328 26.6 23.6-29.9 772 73.4 70.1-76.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 169 39 19.8 13.7-27.7 130 80.2 72.3-86.3
No 1,143 381 30.5 27.3-33.9 762 69.5 66.1-72.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,231 394 29.0 26.0-32.2 837 71.0 67.8-74.0
COPD
Yes 128 42 28.9 20.4-39.1 86 71.1 60.9-79.6
No 1,258 401 29.2 26.2-32.3 857 70.8 67.7-73.8
Current Asthma
Yes 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,311 417 29.3 26.3-32.4 894 70.7 67.6-73.7
Diabetes
Yes 270 88 29.3 23.1-36.4 182 70.7 63.6-76.9
No 1,123 358 29.1 25.9-32.4 765 70.9 67.6-74.1
Functional Disability
Yes 475 168 32.4 27.3-37.9 307 67.6 62.1-72.7
No 913 277 27.6 24.2-31.3 636 72.4 68.7-75.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 543 195 34.5 29.6-39.7 348 65.5 60.3-70.4
No 850 251 26.3 22.8-30.0 599 73.7 70.0-77.2

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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