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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 49,424 21,696 45.1 44.3-45.8 4,346 8.7 8.3- 9.2 1,421 2.8 2.6- 3.1 1,949 3.6 3.3- 3.9 20,012 39.7 39.0-40.5
Alabama 624 273 44.5 40.2-48.9 64 10.4 8.1-13.3 30 4.3 3.0- 6.3 29 4.0 2.7- 5.9 228 36.7 32.6-41.1
Alaska 788 309 45.9 40.7-51.1 69 8.8 6.4-11.8 27 3.2 1.8- 5.7 25 4.4 2.6- 7.5 358 37.7 33.1-42.6
Arizona 773 371 45.6 40.8-50.6 56 6.3 4.5- 8.7 21 2.8 1.5- 5.0 26 2.8 1.7- 4.6 299 42.5 37.5-47.6
Arkansas 681 281 42.8 38.8-46.8 52 7.5 5.7- 9.9 17 2.7 1.6- 4.4 29 3.4 2.4- 5.0 302 43.6 39.6-47.7
California 898 401 40.8 37.1-44.7 87 9.8 7.7-12.4 34 3.2 2.2- 4.7 27 3.4 1.7- 6.4 349 42.8 38.9-46.8
Colorado 437 174 42.0 37.0-47.1 48 10.8 8.0-14.4 21 4.8 2.9- 7.7 17 3.5 2.1- 5.7 177 39.0 34.2-44.0
Connecticut 1,858 828 45.1 42.5-47.9 144 7.6 6.3- 9.1 41 2.4 1.7- 3.5 61 3.6 2.7- 4.8 784 41.3 38.6-44.0
Delaware 822 415 49.0 44.8-53.2 70 9.7 7.4-12.7 27 4.6 2.8- 7.4 33 4.6 3.1- 6.8 277 32.1 28.4-36.1
District of Colum 407 201 50.2 44.7-55.8 35 7.7 5.4-11.0 8 2.0 0.9- 4.5 14 3.3 1.8- 5.9 149 36.8 31.6-42.3
Florida 1,129 596 52.6 49.2-56.0 82 6.7 5.3- 8.5 22 1.7 1.1- 2.6 34 3.1 2.2- 4.5 395 35.8 32.6-39.2
Georgia 935 438 48.3 44.5-52.1 89 9.1 7.3-11.5 32 3.1 2.1- 4.6 48 5.1 3.7- 6.9 328 34.4 30.8-38.2
Hawaii 1,178 424 36.3 32.7-40.0 89 7.2 5.5- 9.4 42 3.9 2.7- 5.7 53 3.6 2.5- 5.3 570 48.9 45.1-52.8
Idaho 1,209 462 39.4 36.0-42.9 106 8.5 6.8-10.6 42 3.8 2.7- 5.3 62 4.6 3.5- 6.1 537 43.6 40.3-47.0
Illinois 473 192 41.7 36.6-46.9 41 8.0 5.7-11.1 14 2.6 1.5- 4.6 23 5.1 3.3- 7.8 203 42.6 37.6-47.7
Indiana 897 366 41.9 38.4-45.4 94 10.9 8.9-13.3 34 3.8 2.6- 5.3 33 3.3 2.3- 4.8 370 40.2 36.8-43.6
Iowa 860 351 41.3 37.7-45.0 83 9.8 7.8-12.3 25 2.8 1.8- 4.2 30 3.0 2.1- 4.4 371 43.0 39.4-46.7
Kansas 1,040 450 44.7 41.5-48.0 112 10.4 8.6-12.5 37 3.5 2.5- 4.9 38 3.5 2.5- 4.8 403 37.9 34.8-41.1
Kentucky 1,775 721 41.9 38.6-45.3 156 8.9 7.2-10.9 43 2.5 1.7- 3.6 95 4.6 3.6- 5.9 760 42.1 38.8-45.4
Louisiana 985 434 44.1 40.7-47.5 74 7.8 6.1- 9.8 24 2.2 1.4- 3.4 42 4.0 2.9- 5.6 411 41.9 38.6-45.4
Maine 634 246 38.2 34.2-42.4 48 8.7 6.1-12.4 15 2.2 1.3- 3.7 21 3.3 2.1- 5.2 304 47.6 43.3-51.9
Maryland 1,078 525 48.8 45.1-52.4 98 8.7 7.0-10.8 27 2.4 1.5- 3.7 33 2.6 1.7- 3.9 395 37.5 34.1-41.1
Massachusetts 1,846 857 48.8 46.1-51.4 139 7.7 6.4- 9.3 42 2.2 1.5- 3.0 55 3.1 2.3- 4.2 753 38.3 35.7-40.8
Michigan 901 449 50.0 46.5-53.5 88 10.2 8.3-12.6 24 2.8 1.8- 4.2 31 3.0 2.1- 4.4 309 34.0 30.7-37.5
Minnesota 996 391 38.4 35.2-41.7 92 9.6 7.7-11.7 26 2.6 1.7- 4.0 29 2.7 1.8- 3.9 458 46.8 43.4-50.1
Mississippi 658 292 44.5 40.4-48.6 48 7.0 5.2- 9.4 18 2.6 1.6- 4.3 37 5.6 4.0- 7.8 263 40.3 36.3-44.4
Missouri 976 444 49.5 45.3-53.7 93 10.2 7.7-13.3 26 1.7 0.9- 3.2 50 4.7 3.3- 6.7 363 33.9 30.1-37.8
Montana 949 395 43.6 39.4-47.8 87 9.2 7.0-12.0 29 3.5 2.1- 5.5 48 4.7 3.2- 6.8 390 39.1 35.1-43.3
Nebraska 854 322 37.5 33.9-41.2 72 8.3 6.5-10.5 26 3.3 2.2- 5.0 38 4.4 3.1- 6.2 396 46.5 42.8-50.2
Nevada 776 356 42.9 37.7-48.3 71 8.0 5.9-10.7 23 3.3 1.9- 5.8 31 3.8 2.4- 5.9 295 42.0 36.2-48.1
New Hampshire 992 425 43.4 40.1-46.7 82 8.4 6.7-10.5 25 2.6 1.7- 4.0 37 3.6 2.6- 5.1 423 41.9 38.6-45.3
New Jersey 1,330 633 49.4 46.0-52.8 103 6.8 5.3- 8.6 27 1.6 1.0- 2.5 30 2.6 1.6- 4.1 537 39.6 36.3-43.0
New Mexico 923 355 37.8 34.2-41.5 79 9.1 7.0-11.7 36 3.7 2.6- 5.2 44 4.8 3.4- 6.6 409 44.7 41.0-48.4
New York 899 413 46.3 42.6-50.1 58 5.9 4.5- 7.8 28 2.8 1.8- 4.3 23 2.3 1.5- 3.6 377 42.6 38.9-46.4
North Carolina 1,311 628 44.5 40.7-48.4 125 10.7 8.5-13.5 27 2.5 1.5- 4.1 55 4.5 3.1- 6.4 476 37.8 34.0-41.7
North Dakota 605 223 40.2 36.0-44.4 55 9.5 7.2-12.4 17 3.0 1.8- 4.9 29 4.9 3.4- 7.0 281 42.5 38.3-46.7
Ohio 758 340 47.2 43.2-51.3 66 8.5 6.5-10.9 16 2.0 1.2- 3.5 28 4.1 2.7- 6.3 308 38.2 34.3-42.1
Oklahoma 1,096 464 41.0 37.3-44.8 95 8.7 6.8-11.0 45 4.2 2.8- 6.2 64 6.1 4.5- 8.3 428 40.0 36.1-44.0
Oregon 611 246 39.7 35.6-43.9 70 11.0 8.7-13.9 18 2.6 1.6- 4.3 26 4.4 2.9- 6.6 251 42.2 38.1-46.5
Pennsylvania 896 421 48.5 44.9-52.1 71 7.1 5.6- 9.0 26 2.8 1.9- 4.2 29 2.8 1.9- 4.1 349 38.9 35.4-42.5
Rhode Island 883 436 49.3 45.7-52.9 70 7.8 6.1- 9.9 19 2.9 1.8- 4.9 15 2.1 1.2- 3.8 343 37.9 34.4-41.5
South Carolina 686 347 51.0 46.9-55.2 70 9.9 7.8-12.5 24 3.3 2.1- 5.2 28 3.9 2.6- 5.8 217 31.8 28.0-35.9
South Dakota 1,404 589 41.2 38.4-44.0 106 7.8 6.3- 9.6 24 1.6 1.1- 2.4 59 3.8 2.9- 5.0 626 45.6 42.8-48.5
Tennessee 538 235 43.9 39.2-48.7 50 9.9 7.4-13.2 8 1.4 0.7- 3.1 18 3.5 2.2- 5.6 227 41.2 36.6-46.0
Texas 1,322 582 43.8 40.8-46.7 122 8.8 7.3-10.6 44 3.4 2.4- 4.6 52 3.9 2.9- 5.2 522 40.2 37.3-43.1
Utah 886 338 37.8 33.6-42.2 89 9.8 7.5-12.6 28 3.3 2.1- 5.2 53 6.6 4.7- 9.2 378 42.5 38.2-47.0
Vermont 1,074 417 40.2 37.1-43.4 94 8.6 7.0-10.6 30 2.7 1.8- 4.0 36 3.3 2.3- 4.6 497 45.2 42.0-48.4
Virginia 720 326 44.0 40.1-47.9 82 11.2 9.0-13.9 22 3.6 2.3- 5.6 21 3.1 2.0- 4.8 269 38.1 34.3-42.0
Washington 969 387 40.9 37.6-44.3 93 9.4 7.6-11.5 43 4.4 3.2- 6.0 42 4.2 3.1- 5.8 404 41.1 37.8-44.5
West Virginia 782 383 49.3 45.6-53.1 55 7.1 5.4- 9.2 14 2.1 1.2- 3.7 28 3.1 2.1- 4.6 302 38.3 34.7-42.0
Wisconsin 804 314 41.0 37.2-45.0 81 10.0 7.8-12.7 25 3.4 2.2- 5.3 39 4.1 2.9- 5.7 345 41.5 37.7-45.4
Wyoming 838 420 50.9 47.2-54.5 89 10.9 8.8-13.4 31 3.6 2.4- 5.2 27 3.2 2.1- 4.7 271 31.5 28.2-35.1
Guam 175 52 29.9 22.6-38.4 5 2.8 1.1- 7.0 5 2.3 1.0- 5.5 6 2.6 1.1- 6.0 107 62.3 53.8-70.1
Puerto Rico 988 531 51.3 47.3-55.4 114 11.2 8.9-14.1 28 2.7 1.8- 4.1 46 4.8 3.3- 6.9 269 29.9 26.3-33.9
Virgin Islands 497 227 48.1 42.7-53.5 35 7.3 4.8-10.9 14 3.0 1.6- 5.6 22 4.0 2.5- 6.4 199 37.5 32.6-42.8

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of male respondents who reported having a PSA test 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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