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BRFSS Survey Results 2006 for South Carolina

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Prostate Cancer Screening

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  Total #
Respondents		 Not at Risk At Risk
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,518 1,562 56.3 53.8-58.8 956 43.7 41.2-46.2
GENDER
Male 2,518 1,562 56.3 53.8-58.8 956 43.7 41.2-46.2
RACE
White 2,037 1,291 57.6 54.9-60.3 746 42.4 39.7-45.1
African American 401 231 54.1 47.9-60.2 170 45.9 39.8-52.1
Other 61 31 45.2 30.0-61.4 30 54.8 38.6-70.0
AGE
35-44 281 73 27.2 21.3-34.0 208 72.8 66.0-78.7
45-54 637 299 47.7 43.0-52.5 338 52.3 47.5-57.0
55-64 745 515 67.9 63.8-71.8 230 32.1 28.2-36.2
65+ 855 675 77.2 73.4-80.5 180 22.8 19.5-26.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 384 205 48.7 42.6-55.0 179 51.3 45.0-57.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 723 417 53.2 48.5-57.8 306 46.8 42.2-51.5
Some Post-H.S. 574 371 57.1 51.9-62.1 203 42.9 37.9-48.1
College Graduate 830 568 62.6 58.3-66.7 262 37.4 33.3-41.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 219 101 41.5 33.5-50.1 118 58.5 49.9-66.5
$15,000- $24,999 350 198 52.3 45.7-58.7 152 47.7 41.3-54.3
$25,000- $34,999 296 184 58.6 51.4-65.6 112 41.4 34.4-48.6
$35,000- $49,999 369 238 59.2 52.7-65.4 131 40.8 34.6-47.3
$50,000+ 1,013 684 60.3 56.3-64.1 329 39.7 35.9-43.7
Health District**
Appalachia I 210 115 49.2 41.3-57.1 95 50.8 42.9-58.7
Appalachia II 196 97 46.2 38.6-54.1 99 53.8 45.9-61.4
Appalachia III 135 83 57.6 48.0-66.7 52 42.4 33.3-52.0
Catawba 106 59 57.9 47.1-68.0 47 42.1 32.0-52.9
Edisto Savannah 288 195 61.3 54.4-67.8 93 38.7 32.2-45.6
Low Country 265 187 59.6 51.6-67.0 78 40.4 33.0-48.4
Palmetto 220 144 60.3 52.7-67.6 76 39.7 32.4-47.3
Pee Dee 183 117 61.5 51.9-70.3 66 38.5 29.7-48.1
Trident 282 178 57.3 49.9-64.3 104 42.7 35.7-50.1
Upper Savannah 180 110 56.4 47.7-64.8 70 43.6 35.2-52.3
Waccamaw 298 190 56.4 49.5-63.0 108 43.6 37.0-50.5
Wateree 127 76 55.9 45.6-65.8 51 44.1 34.2-54.4
Region***
Region I 390 225 52.5 46.7-58.3 165 47.5 41.7-53.3
Region II 331 180 51.1 45.0-57.1 151 48.9 42.9-55.0
Region III 326 203 59.5 53.3-65.5 123 40.5 34.5-46.7
Region IV 310 193 59.0 52.1-65.7 117 41.0 34.3-47.9
Region V 288 195 61.3 54.4-67.8 93 38.7 32.2-45.6
Region VI 298 190 56.4 49.5-63.0 108 43.6 37.0-50.5
Region VII 282 178 57.3 49.9-64.3 104 42.7 35.7-50.1
Region VIII 265 187 59.6 51.6-67.0 78 40.4 33.0-48.4

Some demographic sections have been suppressed: Rows contained less than 50 respondents.

*Data in this table was derived from the Prostate Cancer Screening section.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50 and confidence intervals with width greater than 20. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Appalachia I: Anderson, Oconee
Appalachia II: Greenville, Pickens
Appalachia III: Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Catawba: Chester, Lancaster, York
Edisto Savannah: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Low Country: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper
Palmetto: Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland
Pee Dee: Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Trident: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Upper Savannah: Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Saluda
Waccamaw: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Wateree: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter

*** Region I: Anderson, Oconee, Abbeville, Laurens, McCormick, Greenwood, Saluda, Edgefield
Region II: Greenville, Pickens, Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Region III: Chester, Lancaster, York, Newberry, Fairfield, Lexington, Richland
Region IV: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Region V: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Region VI: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Region VII: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Region VIII: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper

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