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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Prostate Cancer Screening

A Prostate-Specific Antigen test, also called a PSA test, is a blood test used to check men for prostate cancer. Have you ever had a PSA test?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 49,725 29,713 60.5 59.7-61.2 20,012 39.5 38.8-40.3
Alabama 628 400 63.5 59.2-67.6 228 36.5 32.4-40.8
Alaska 794 436 62.5 57.6-67.1 358 37.5 32.9-42.4
Arizona 778 479 57.8 52.7-62.8 299 42.2 37.2-47.3
Arkansas 682 380 56.5 52.4-60.5 302 43.5 39.5-47.6
California 899 550 57.3 53.3-61.2 349 42.7 38.8-46.7
Colorado 442 265 61.4 56.3-66.2 177 38.6 33.8-43.7
Connecticut 1,873 1,089 59.0 56.3-61.7 784 41.0 38.3-43.7
Delaware 824 547 67.9 63.9-71.7 277 32.1 28.3-36.1
District of Colum 409 260 63.3 57.8-68.5 149 36.7 31.5-42.2
Florida 1,137 742 64.4 61.0-67.6 395 35.6 32.4-39.0
Georgia 943 615 65.8 62.0-69.4 328 34.2 30.6-38.0
Hawaii 1,181 611 51.2 47.4-55.1 570 48.8 44.9-52.6
Idaho 1,214 677 56.5 53.1-59.8 537 43.5 40.2-46.9
Illinois 476 273 57.6 52.5-62.5 203 42.4 37.5-47.5
Indiana 901 531 60.1 56.6-63.4 370 39.9 36.6-43.4
Iowa 860 489 57.0 53.3-60.6 371 43.0 39.4-46.7
Kansas 1,050 647 62.5 59.3-65.6 403 37.5 34.4-40.7
Kentucky 1,785 1,025 58.1 54.8-61.3 760 41.9 38.7-45.2
Louisiana 995 584 58.6 55.2-61.9 411 41.4 38.1-44.8
Maine 641 337 52.9 48.6-57.1 304 47.1 42.9-51.4
Maryland 1,088 693 62.9 59.4-66.4 395 37.1 33.6-40.6
Massachusetts 1,860 1,107 62.0 59.5-64.5 753 38.0 35.5-40.5
Michigan 905 596 66.2 62.7-69.4 309 33.8 30.6-37.3
Minnesota 1,004 546 53.6 50.2-56.9 458 46.4 43.1-49.8
Mississippi 663 400 60.0 55.9-64.0 263 40.0 36.0-44.1
Missouri 983 620 66.3 62.4-70.0 363 33.7 30.0-37.6
Montana 954 564 61.1 56.9-65.1 390 38.9 34.9-43.1
Nebraska 856 460 53.7 50.0-57.3 396 46.3 42.7-50.0
Nevada 781 486 58.1 52.1-63.9 295 41.9 36.1-47.9
New Hampshire 999 576 58.3 55.0-61.6 423 41.7 38.4-45.0
New Jersey 1,337 800 60.6 57.2-63.9 537 39.4 36.1-42.8
New Mexico 926 517 55.5 51.7-59.2 409 44.5 40.8-48.3
New York 900 523 57.4 53.7-61.1 377 42.6 38.9-46.3
North Carolina 1,326 850 62.5 58.6-66.2 476 37.5 33.8-41.4
North Dakota 607 326 57.6 53.4-61.7 281 42.4 38.3-46.6
Ohio 763 455 62.1 58.2-65.9 308 37.9 34.1-41.8
Oklahoma 1,110 682 60.5 56.5-64.3 428 39.5 35.7-43.5
Oregon 614 363 58.0 53.7-62.1 251 42.0 37.9-46.3
Pennsylvania 898 549 61.2 57.6-64.7 349 38.8 35.3-42.4
Rhode Island 891 548 62.5 58.9-65.9 343 37.5 34.1-41.1
South Carolina 689 472 68.3 64.2-72.1 217 31.7 27.9-35.8
South Dakota 1,415 789 54.7 51.8-57.5 626 45.3 42.5-48.2
Tennessee 543 316 59.0 54.3-63.6 227 41.0 36.4-45.7
Texas 1,329 807 60.0 57.1-62.9 522 40.0 37.1-42.9
Utah 890 512 57.6 53.1-61.9 378 42.4 38.1-46.9
Vermont 1,081 584 55.1 51.9-58.3 497 44.9 41.7-48.1
Virginia 723 454 62.0 58.1-65.8 269 38.0 34.2-41.9
Washington 975 571 59.1 55.7-62.4 404 40.9 37.6-44.3
West Virginia 788 486 61.9 58.2-65.5 302 38.1 34.5-41.8
Wisconsin 806 461 58.6 54.7-62.4 345 41.4 37.6-45.3
Wyoming 843 572 68.6 65.1-72.0 271 31.4 28.0-34.9
Guam 175 68 37.7 29.9-46.2 107 62.3 53.8-70.1
Puerto Rico 991 722 70.2 66.2-73.8 269 29.8 26.2-33.8
Virgin Islands 500 301 62.7 57.5-67.6 199 37.3 32.4-42.5

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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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