BRFSS 2002 - Henderson/Transylvania Counties: (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?*)

	Total Respond.#	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,586	1,017	62.4	58.8-65.9	569	37.6	34.1-41.2
Henderson/ Transylvania	133	88	61.4	51.0-70.8	45	38.6	29.2-49.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	107	58	49.8	39.1-60.4	49	50.2	39.6-60.9
Forsyth	109	77	70.6	60.2-79.2	32	29.4	20.8-39.8
Guilford	93	62	64.0	51.9-74.5	31	36.0	25.5-48.1
Mecklenburg	88	51	56.6	45.1-67.5	37	43.4	32.5-54.9
Orange	104	68	64.2	53.4-73.8	36	35.8	26.2-46.6
Pitt	77	45	55.2	42.0-67.7	32	44.8	32.3-58.0
Randolph	110	72	64.3	53.8-73.5	38	35.7	26.5-46.2
Robeson	109	66	51.7	40.3-62.8	43	48.3	37.2-59.7
Wake	95	61	60.3	49.0-70.6	34	39.7	29.4-51.0
Western NC	187	123	62.4	54.0-70.0	64	37.6	30.0-46.0
Piedmont NC	205	130	63.0	54.5-70.8	75	37.0	29.2-45.5
Eastern NC	169	116	65.2	56.5-72.9	53	34.8	27.1-43.5

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Henderson/Transylvania Counties. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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* 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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

	Total Respond.#	Yes			No
	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	1,586	1,017	62.4	58.8-65.9	569	37.6	34.1-41.2
Henderson/ Transylvania	133	88	61.4	51.0-70.8	45	38.6	29.2-49.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	107	58	49.8	39.1-60.4	49	50.2	39.6-60.9
Forsyth	109	77	70.6	60.2-79.2	32	29.4	20.8-39.8
Guilford	93	62	64.0	51.9-74.5	31	36.0	25.5-48.1
Mecklenburg	88	51	56.6	45.1-67.5	37	43.4	32.5-54.9
Orange	104	68	64.2	53.4-73.8	36	35.8	26.2-46.6
Pitt	77	45	55.2	42.0-67.7	32	44.8	32.3-58.0
Randolph	110	72	64.3	53.8-73.5	38	35.7	26.5-46.2
Robeson	109	66	51.7	40.3-62.8	43	48.3	37.2-59.7
Wake	95	61	60.3	49.0-70.6	34	39.7	29.4-51.0
Western NC	187	123	62.4	54.0-70.0	64	37.6	30.0-46.0
Piedmont NC	205	130	63.0	54.5-70.8	75	37.0	29.2-45.5
Eastern NC	169	116	65.2	56.5-72.9	53	34.8	27.1-43.5

BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

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?*