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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Prostate Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.#		 1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 50,845 23,195 46.5 45.7-47.2 6,392 12.5 12.1-13.0 2,682 5.4 5.0- 5.8 6,240 11.8 11.4-12.3 12,336 23.8 23.1-24.5
Alabama 640 277 44.3 40.0-48.6 85 13.2 10.6-16.3 44 6.6 4.9- 9.0 86 12.9 10.3-16.1 148 23.0 19.6-26.7
Alaska 804 344 48.4 43.3-53.4 115 15.0 11.7-19.1 46 5.1 3.4- 7.6 127 14.5 11.3-18.4 172 17.0 13.9-20.7
Arizona 796 387 47.3 42.4-52.2 82 8.9 6.5-12.1 45 7.9 5.4-11.4 108 11.8 9.1-15.1 174 24.2 20.1-28.7
Arkansas 691 277 41.2 37.3-45.3 93 13.1 10.7-16.0 42 5.8 4.2- 7.9 113 16.3 13.5-19.5 166 23.6 20.3-27.2
California 928 434 44.0 40.2-47.8 127 12.6 10.4-15.1 56 7.1 4.9-10.1 135 12.2 10.1-14.7 176 24.2 20.7-28.1
Colorado 453 196 44.6 39.7-49.6 62 13.0 9.9-16.8 36 8.2 5.8-11.5 73 16.0 12.7-20.0 86 18.2 14.6-22.5
Connecticut 1,940 1,059 54.9 52.3-57.5 231 11.7 10.1-13.5 102 5.1 4.1- 6.4 201 9.5 8.1-11.2 347 18.7 16.7-21.0
Delaware 835 404 47.1 43.0-51.3 126 16.0 13.1-19.4 48 6.3 4.4- 8.9 68 7.9 6.0-10.4 189 22.7 19.4-26.3
District of Colum 420 224 54.2 48.7-59.6 61 12.7 9.6-16.5 22 4.7 2.9- 7.6 44 9.7 7.1-13.3 69 18.7 14.6-23.7
Florida 1,146 569 49.0 45.6-52.4 131 11.9 9.8-14.3 48 3.5 2.6- 4.8 123 10.7 8.8-13.1 275 24.8 21.9-28.1
Georgia 957 438 47.9 44.1-51.7 143 15.5 13.0-18.5 48 4.4 3.2- 6.1 135 13.4 11.2-16.0 193 18.8 15.9-22.1
Hawaii 1,213 386 34.5 30.9-38.2 136 10.0 8.1-12.3 67 6.7 5.1- 9.0 126 8.7 6.9-10.9 498 40.0 36.4-43.8
Idaho 1,233 469 39.8 36.4-43.2 169 13.7 11.6-16.1 76 6.4 5.0- 8.3 251 19.5 17.1-22.2 268 20.6 18.1-23.3
Illinois 488 191 37.9 33.2-42.9 74 14.6 11.5-18.3 34 6.7 4.6- 9.6 61 11.6 8.8-15.1 128 29.2 24.6-34.3
Indiana 924 406 44.6 41.1-48.1 132 14.9 12.6-17.5 48 5.3 3.9- 7.0 129 13.3 11.1-15.7 209 22.0 19.3-25.0
Iowa 877 410 47.8 44.1-51.5 120 14.4 11.9-17.3 52 5.2 3.8- 6.9 106 11.8 9.7-14.4 189 20.9 18.1-24.0
Kansas 1,062 453 42.9 39.8-46.1 139 13.1 11.1-15.5 65 5.9 4.5- 7.5 130 12.3 10.4-14.6 275 25.8 23.0-28.7
Kentucky 1,786 605 35.9 32.8-39.2 180 11.2 9.2-13.6 59 3.9 2.8- 5.4 155 7.7 6.3- 9.4 787 41.2 38.1-44.5
Louisiana 1,007 404 39.3 36.0-42.7 102 10.4 8.5-12.6 60 5.8 4.4- 7.5 100 9.2 7.5-11.2 341 35.4 32.2-38.7
Maine 670 361 53.6 49.4-57.8 78 12.5 9.6-16.1 38 5.2 3.7- 7.2 68 10.0 7.8-12.8 125 18.7 15.7-22.2
Maryland 1,122 631 56.3 52.7-59.8 156 14.1 11.8-16.7 57 5.3 4.0- 7.1 118 10.2 8.3-12.4 160 14.1 11.8-16.9
Massachusetts 1,940 1,119 59.7 57.2-62.2 244 12.9 11.2-14.7 86 3.9 3.0- 4.9 163 8.3 6.9- 9.9 328 15.2 13.5-17.1
Michigan 932 480 51.6 48.1-55.0 127 13.6 11.4-16.2 45 4.9 3.6- 6.7 99 9.8 8.0-12.0 181 20.1 17.4-23.1
Minnesota 1,051 528 50.2 47.0-53.5 146 13.7 11.6-16.0 63 6.2 4.8- 8.0 128 12.0 10.0-14.3 186 17.9 15.4-20.8
Mississippi 671 296 45.0 40.9-49.1 65 9.4 7.2-12.0 28 4.0 2.7- 5.9 110 15.1 12.5-18.2 172 26.6 23.0-30.4
Missouri 996 421 46.6 42.4-50.8 121 13.2 10.4-16.7 45 3.7 2.5- 5.6 126 11.2 9.1-13.9 283 25.2 21.9-28.8
Montana 970 386 40.1 36.1-44.3 111 10.8 8.5-13.5 51 5.8 4.1- 8.1 131 13.4 10.8-16.4 291 30.0 26.2-34.0
Nebraska 861 328 37.5 33.9-41.1 85 9.7 7.8-12.1 30 3.2 2.1- 4.6 67 8.2 6.4-10.5 351 41.4 37.8-45.1
Nevada 799 325 35.8 31.0-40.8 118 17.8 12.3-25.1 50 5.6 3.8- 8.3 154 19.6 16.1-23.7 152 21.2 17.4-25.6
New Hampshire 1,045 594 57.7 54.4-60.9 122 11.2 9.3-13.3 58 5.4 4.1- 7.0 115 10.9 9.0-13.2 156 14.8 12.6-17.4
New Jersey 1,362 632 45.7 42.4-49.1 170 12.5 10.4-14.8 57 4.2 3.1- 5.8 139 10.6 8.6-13.0 364 27.0 24.0-30.2
New Mexico 946 371 37.5 34.0-41.1 124 14.7 12.1-17.8 64 7.1 5.4- 9.3 118 12.5 10.2-15.1 269 28.2 25.0-31.6
New York 927 475 51.1 47.4-54.8 95 9.9 7.9-12.3 57 6.5 4.9- 8.6 88 8.3 6.6-10.4 212 24.2 21.1-27.7
North Carolina 1,356 687 48.0 44.2-51.8 155 11.6 9.3-14.4 47 2.5 1.6- 3.7 114 9.3 7.3-11.8 353 28.6 25.1-32.4
North Dakota 613 255 44.4 40.2-48.6 94 15.0 12.2-18.3 36 6.0 4.3- 8.3 85 12.7 10.2-15.7 143 21.9 18.6-25.5
Ohio 785 345 46.3 42.4-50.3 102 13.0 10.5-15.8 47 6.2 4.5- 8.4 112 13.5 11.0-16.4 179 21.1 18.1-24.4
Oklahoma 1,117 436 39.2 35.6-43.0 121 10.2 8.3-12.6 67 5.7 4.2- 7.6 155 13.3 10.9-16.0 338 31.6 27.9-35.6
Oregon 633 288 44.8 40.7-48.9 88 13.6 11.1-16.7 52 7.9 5.9-10.5 97 15.2 12.4-18.5 108 18.5 15.4-22.1
Pennsylvania 925 446 48.5 45.0-52.1 115 12.9 10.7-15.4 38 3.9 2.8- 5.5 115 12.5 10.3-15.1 211 22.2 19.4-25.3
Rhode Island 922 583 62.6 59.0-66.0 92 9.8 7.9-12.2 30 3.6 2.4- 5.3 61 6.2 4.7- 8.1 156 17.9 15.2-20.9
South Carolina 706 372 52.7 48.6-56.8 74 10.7 8.4-13.5 37 5.2 3.6- 7.5 91 13.0 10.4-16.2 132 18.4 15.4-21.7
South Dakota 1,432 619 43.4 40.6-46.3 191 13.7 11.7-15.9 54 3.6 2.7- 4.7 171 11.0 9.4-12.8 397 28.3 25.9-31.0
Tennessee 552 247 46.0 41.4-50.7 60 11.5 8.8-14.8 22 3.5 2.2- 5.6 51 9.1 6.9-12.0 172 29.8 25.7-34.4
Texas 1,361 588 41.8 38.9-44.6 160 11.8 10.0-13.8 70 4.9 3.8- 6.3 196 14.1 12.2-16.2 347 27.5 24.9-30.2
Utah 915 386 43.3 39.1-47.7 124 11.8 9.4-14.8 57 6.7 4.8- 9.2 174 19.4 16.1-23.1 174 18.7 15.6-22.4
Vermont 1,123 562 52.3 49.1-55.4 153 13.1 11.1-15.4 55 4.5 3.4- 5.9 111 9.4 7.7-11.3 242 20.7 18.2-23.4
Virginia 734 370 49.4 45.5-53.3 97 13.1 10.7-16.0 40 5.2 3.8- 7.1 80 11.5 9.2-14.3 147 20.8 17.8-24.2
Washington 1,025 449 45.2 41.9-48.5 156 15.0 12.8-17.4 76 7.6 5.9- 9.6 178 17.0 14.7-19.6 166 15.3 13.1-17.9
West Virginia 811 384 46.9 43.2-50.5 84 11.0 8.9-13.6 36 4.5 3.2- 6.3 79 9.8 7.8-12.2 228 27.9 24.7-31.4
Wisconsin 826 394 49.3 45.4-53.1 131 16.6 13.9-19.8 44 5.2 3.7- 7.2 117 12.7 10.3-15.5 140 16.2 13.6-19.2
Wyoming 842 300 35.2 31.9-38.8 122 14.9 12.4-17.8 70 8.7 6.8-11.0 173 19.7 17.0-22.7 177 21.5 18.7-24.7
Guam 182 58 30.3 23.2-38.4 10 4.6 2.2- 9.5 7 3.9 1.7- 8.4 18 9.6 5.8-15.4 89 51.7 43.3-60.0
Puerto Rico 992 347 36.2 32.4-40.3 132 11.2 9.1-13.7 48 5.3 3.7- 7.5 102 10.2 8.1-12.8 363 37.1 33.3-41.0
Virgin Islands 501 199 39.3 34.3-44.7 61 13.7 10.3-18.0 22 5.1 3.0- 8.6 65 11.0 8.3-14.5 154 30.8 26.0-36.0

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of only male respondents and reported having a DRE and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

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

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