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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Prostate Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 49,664 6,223 12.0 11.5-12.4 43,441 88.0 87.6-88.5
Alabama 638 79 12.3 9.9-15.3 559 87.7 84.7-90.1
Alaska 782 83 10.5 7.8-14.0 699 89.5 86.0-92.2
Arizona 774 79 8.8 6.5-11.7 695 91.2 88.3-93.5
Arkansas 679 77 11.6 9.1-14.6 602 88.4 85.4-90.9
California 901 112 10.3 8.4-12.6 789 89.7 87.4-91.6
Colorado 442 56 14.0 10.6-18.2 386 86.0 81.8-89.4
Connecticut 1,897 179 9.3 7.8-10.9 1,718 90.7 89.1-92.2
Delaware 822 105 12.9 10.4-16.1 717 87.1 83.9-89.6
District of Colum 399 51 11.4 8.4-15.2 348 88.6 84.8-91.6
Florida 1,110 99 9.8 7.8-12.3 1,011 90.2 87.7-92.2
Georgia 929 100 11.1 8.9-13.8 829 88.9 86.2-91.1
Hawaii 1,177 109 8.6 6.7-11.0 1,068 91.4 89.0-93.3
Idaho 1,202 178 14.2 12.1-16.5 1,024 85.8 83.5-87.9
Illinois 480 54 11.0 8.2-14.6 426 89.0 85.4-91.8
Indiana 910 122 13.5 11.3-16.1 788 86.5 83.9-88.7
Iowa 865 116 13.3 11.0-16.0 749 86.7 84.0-89.0
Kansas 1,046 152 14.4 12.3-16.8 894 85.6 83.2-87.7
Kentucky 1,815 219 12.7 10.7-15.1 1,596 87.3 84.9-89.3
Louisiana 988 121 11.5 9.5-13.7 867 88.5 86.3-90.5
Maine 650 71 11.1 8.7-14.0 579 88.9 86.0-91.3
Maryland 1,082 135 13.7 11.2-16.7 947 86.3 83.3-88.8
Massachusetts 1,866 232 12.7 11.0-14.5 1,634 87.3 85.5-89.0
Michigan 911 128 13.7 11.5-16.2 783 86.3 83.8-88.5
Minnesota 1,018 146 13.3 11.3-15.7 872 86.7 84.3-88.7
Mississippi 651 97 15.2 12.4-18.5 554 84.8 81.5-87.6
Missouri 968 122 13.1 10.6-16.0 846 86.9 84.0-89.4
Montana 958 140 14.0 11.3-17.2 818 86.0 82.8-88.7
Nebraska 845 112 13.4 11.1-16.1 733 86.6 83.9-88.9
Nevada 774 99 10.0 7.7-12.9 675 90.0 87.1-92.3
New Hampshire 1,020 108 10.4 8.5-12.6 912 89.6 87.4-91.5
New Jersey 1,327 142 10.9 8.8-13.3 1,185 89.1 86.7-91.2
New Mexico 922 108 11.6 9.2-14.5 814 88.4 85.5-90.8
New York 901 99 10.2 8.2-12.7 802 89.8 87.3-91.8
North Carolina 1,348 156 13.7 11.0-16.8 1,192 86.3 83.2-89.0
North Dakota 608 112 18.8 15.7-22.3 496 81.2 77.7-84.3
Ohio 767 88 11.4 9.1-14.3 679 88.6 85.7-90.9
Oklahoma 1,116 144 12.4 10.2-15.0 972 87.6 85.0-89.8
Oregon 599 85 14.0 11.3-17.2 514 86.0 82.8-88.7
Pennsylvania 905 117 13.9 11.6-16.7 788 86.1 83.3-88.4
Rhode Island 890 127 14.0 11.6-16.7 763 86.0 83.3-88.4
South Carolina 676 76 10.6 8.4-13.3 600 89.4 86.7-91.6
South Dakota 1,409 217 15.9 13.9-18.1 1,192 84.1 81.9-86.1
Tennessee 550 54 9.5 7.2-12.4 496 90.5 87.6-92.8
Texas 1,331 167 12.3 10.6-14.4 1,164 87.7 85.6-89.4
Utah 878 138 17.0 13.9-20.7 740 83.0 79.3-86.1
Vermont 1,095 141 12.2 10.3-14.4 954 87.8 85.6-89.7
Virginia 715 85 11.9 9.5-14.7 630 88.1 85.3-90.5
Washington 985 150 15.3 13.0-17.9 835 84.7 82.1-87.0
West Virginia 793 91 11.8 9.5-14.4 702 88.2 85.6-90.5
Wisconsin 804 123 14.6 12.1-17.5 681 85.4 82.5-87.9
Wyoming 819 111 14.0 11.6-16.9 708 86.0 83.1-88.4
Guam 176 17 8.7 5.3-14.0 159 91.3 86.0-94.7
Puerto Rico 987 140 15.4 12.6-18.8 847 84.6 81.2-87.4
Virgin Islands 464 54 12.0 8.8-16.0 410 88.0 84.0-91.2

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older.

#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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