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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Prostate Cancer Screening--WHITE Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 1,244 802 63.0 59.0-67.0 442 37.0 33.0-41.0
AGE
40-44 192 57 30.9 22.6-40.6 135 69.1 59.4-77.4
45-54 392 194 47.2 39.9-54.7 198 52.8 45.3-60.1
55-64 276 217 80.8 74.0-86.2 59 19.2 13.8-26.0
65-74 236 209 88.3 81.0-93.1 27 11.7 6.9-19.0
75+ 148 125 87.4 78.5-93.0 23 12.6 7.0-21.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 173 118 70.8 61.0-78.9 55 29.2 21.1-39.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 358 220 58.8 50.8-66.4 138 41.2 33.6-49.2
Some Post-H.S. 240 145 58.5 49.3-67.1 95 41.5 32.9-50.7
College Graduate 471 318 66.6 60.0-72.6 153 33.4 27.4-40.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 80 50 65.0 46.9-79.6 30 35.0 20.4-53.1
$15,000- 24,999 151 88 56.6 46.1-66.5 63 43.4 33.5-53.9
$25,000- 34,999 131 78 53.7 40.6-66.3 53 46.3 33.7-59.4
$35,000- 49,999 204 140 65.5 54.4-75.1 64 34.5 24.9-45.6
$50,000-74,999 156 103 60.5 48.8-71.2 53 39.5 28.8-51.2
$75,000+ 256 167 63.0 54.2-71.0 89 37.0 29.0-45.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 90 49 49.9 38.3-61.5 41 50.1 38.5-61.7
Forsyth 78 56 71.3 58.9-81.1 22 28.7 18.9-41.1
Guilford 63 42 67.7 53.7-79.2 21 32.3 20.8-46.3
Henderson/Transylvania 129 87 62.1 51.6-71.6 42 37.9 28.4-48.4
Mecklenburg 56 32 56.8 42.3-70.2 24 43.2 29.8-57.7
Orange 86 58 67.7 55.7-77.7 28 32.3 22.3-44.3
Pitt 49 29 59.3 43.7-73.1 20 40.7 26.9-56.3
Randolph 102 64 62.5 51.7-72.2 38 37.5 27.8-48.3
Robeson 49 29 50.1 34.3-65.9 20 49.9 34.1-65.7
Wake 75 47 57.4 45.1-68.9 28 42.6 31.1-54.9
Western NC 173 115 63.9 55.2-71.8 58 36.1 28.2-44.8
Piedmont NC 173 107 61.7 52.3-70.3 66 38.3 29.7-47.7
Eastern NC 121 87 68.6 58.3-77.3 34 31.4 22.7-41.7

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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

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