2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
Western 211 117 46.9 38.9-55.1 94 53.1 44.9-61.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 187 109 49.2 40.7-57.8 78 50.8 42.2-59.3
Non-Hispanic Black 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
40-44 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 161 85 43.3 34.5-52.5 76 56.7 47.5-65.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 180 106 48.9 40.3-57.6 74 51.1 42.4-59.7
Rent 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 145 82 47.9 38.4-57.6 63 52.1 42.4-61.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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