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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 51,608 1,848 3.4 3.2- 3.7 49,760 96.6 96.3-96.8
Alabama 648 16 2.4 1.4- 3.9 632 97.6 96.1-98.6
Alaska 819 15 2.7 1.4- 4.9 804 97.3 95.1-98.6
Arizona 811 33 2.4 1.5- 3.9 778 97.6 96.1-98.5
Arkansas 699 21 2.7 1.7- 4.2 678 97.3 95.8-98.3
California 933 42 3.4 2.5- 4.8 891 96.6 95.2-97.5
Colorado 458 9 1.7 0.9- 3.5 449 98.3 96.5-99.1
Connecticut 1,966 66 3.2 2.4- 4.2 1,900 96.8 95.8-97.6
Delaware 849 42 4.0 2.7- 5.8 807 96.0 94.2-97.3
District of Colum 427 20 5.5 3.4- 8.7 407 94.5 91.3-96.6
Florida 1,174 52 3.8 2.8- 5.0 1,122 96.2 95.0-97.2
Georgia 975 35 3.6 2.5- 5.1 940 96.4 94.9-97.5
Hawaii 1,234 41 2.6 1.8- 3.8 1,193 97.4 96.2-98.2
Idaho 1,250 48 3.5 2.5- 4.8 1,202 96.5 95.2-97.5
Illinois 492 11 2.3 1.2- 4.1 481 97.7 95.9-98.8
Indiana 938 31 3.5 2.4- 5.0 907 96.5 95.0-97.6
Iowa 888 35 3.8 2.6- 5.4 853 96.2 94.6-97.4
Kansas 1,076 42 3.7 2.7- 5.1 1,034 96.3 94.9-97.3
Kentucky 1,857 56 2.7 2.0- 3.8 1,801 97.3 96.2-98.0
Louisiana 1,033 44 3.9 2.8- 5.3 989 96.1 94.7-97.2
Maine 679 34 6.2 3.8- 9.7 645 93.8 90.3-96.2
Maryland 1,130 47 3.1 2.2- 4.3 1,083 96.9 95.7-97.8
Massachusetts 1,961 74 4.0 3.1- 5.2 1,887 96.0 94.8-96.9
Michigan 940 46 4.9 3.6- 6.7 894 95.1 93.3-96.4
Minnesota 1,067 41 3.4 2.5- 4.7 1,026 96.6 95.3-97.5
Mississippi 679 24 3.5 2.3- 5.2 655 96.5 94.8-97.7
Missouri 1,012 40 4.3 2.9- 6.2 972 95.7 93.8-97.1
Montana 981 31 3.0 1.8- 4.8 950 97.0 95.2-98.2
Nebraska 873 24 2.6 1.7- 3.9 849 97.4 96.1-98.3
Nevada 814 23 3.1 1.9- 4.9 791 96.9 95.1-98.1
New Hampshire 1,062 27 2.7 1.8- 3.9 1,035 97.3 96.1-98.2
New Jersey 1,385 55 3.4 2.5- 4.6 1,330 96.6 95.4-97.5
New Mexico 958 35 3.7 2.5- 5.3 923 96.3 94.7-97.5
New York 939 31 3.9 2.6- 5.7 908 96.1 94.3-97.4
North Carolina 1,378 63 3.8 2.7- 5.3 1,315 96.2 94.7-97.3
North Dakota 622 26 5.2 3.5- 7.7 596 94.8 92.3-96.5
Ohio 796 30 3.9 2.7- 5.8 766 96.1 94.2-97.3
Oklahoma 1,151 44 4.7 3.2- 6.8 1,107 95.3 93.2-96.8
Oregon 637 22 3.1 2.0- 4.8 615 96.9 95.2-98.0
Pennsylvania 936 23 2.6 1.7- 3.9 913 97.4 96.1-98.3
Rhode Island 931 41 4.6 3.3- 6.4 890 95.4 93.6-96.7
South Carolina 712 21 2.7 1.7- 4.4 691 97.3 95.6-98.3
South Dakota 1,456 60 3.7 2.9- 4.8 1,396 96.3 95.2-97.1
Tennessee 559 17 3.4 2.1- 5.5 542 96.6 94.5-97.9
Texas 1,372 52 3.3 2.4- 4.3 1,320 96.7 95.7-97.6
Utah 920 30 4.2 2.7- 6.4 890 95.8 93.6-97.3
Vermont 1,141 37 3.5 2.5- 4.8 1,104 96.5 95.2-97.5
Virginia 747 29 3.4 2.3- 5.0 718 96.6 95.0-97.7
Washington 1,036 41 3.8 2.7- 5.2 995 96.2 94.8-97.3
West Virginia 824 22 2.4 1.5- 3.6 802 97.6 96.4-98.5
Wisconsin 835 24 3.0 2.0- 4.6 811 97.0 95.4-98.0
Wyoming 854 33 4.3 3.0- 6.0 821 95.7 94.0-97.0
Guam 186 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0 184 98.8 95.0-99.7
Puerto Rico 1,000 20 2.3 1.3- 4.2 980 97.7 95.8-98.7
Virgin Islands 508 20 4.1 2.3- 7.0 488 95.9 93.0-97.7

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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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