2024 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 1,025 528 48.1 44.5-51.7 497 51.9 48.3-55.5
Eastern NC 270 143 47.6 40.8-54.6 127 52.4 45.4-59.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 182 109 53.7 45.3-62.0 73 46.3 38.0-54.7
Non-Hispanic Black 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
40-44 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 174 85 42.4 34.3-50.8 89 57.6 49.2-65.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 178 90 44.2 36.0-52.7 88 55.8 47.3-64.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 115 39 31.7 23.2-41.5 76 68.3 58.5-76.8
Unemployed 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 144 82 53.5 44.1-62.6 62 46.5 37.4-55.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 203 118 51.9 44.0-59.7 85 48.1 40.3-56.0
Rent 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 171 92 48.4 39.8-57.1 79 51.6 42.9-60.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 155 78 47.1 38.3-56.1 77 52.9 43.9-61.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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