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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Prostate Cancer Screening--WHITE Respondents Only

How long has it been since you had your last PSA test?*

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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%)
TOTAL 1,229 556 43.6 39.5-47.7 128 11.2 8.9-14.1 44 3.3 2.2- 4.9 59 4.6 3.1- 6.6 442 37.4 33.4-41.5
AGE
40-44 192 24 9.2 5.5-15.0 19 14.5 8.5-23.5 6 4.2 1.5-11.0 8 3.0 1.0- 8.2 135 69.1 59.4-77.4
45-54 391 119 31.6 25.2-38.9 44 11.0 7.3-16.4 11 1.7 0.7- 3.7 19 2.9 1.4- 5.6 198 52.8 45.4-60.1
55-64 271 164 61.5 53.3-69.2 29 10.4 6.4-16.6 8 3.1 1.3- 7.0 11 5.5 2.4-12.1 59 19.5 14.0-26.4
65-74 231 160 67.1 57.9-75.2 23 9.8 5.3-17.1 12 5.9 2.8-11.9 9 5.3 2.3-11.6 27 11.9 7.1-19.4
75+ 144 89 63.4 50.1-74.9 13 10.4 4.7-21.5 7 3.7 1.4- 9.5 12 9.4 4.1-20.3 23 13.0 7.3-22.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 168 70 45.7 35.2-56.5 17 9.1 4.3-18.1 13 7.3 3.9-13.5 13 7.7 3.8-15.1 55 30.2 21.8-40.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 353 164 41.3 33.7-49.2 30 10.8 6.9-16.5 9 2.7 1.1- 6.8 12 3.7 1.5- 8.5 138 41.6 34.0-49.6
Some Post-H.S. 240 95 38.3 30.4-46.9 31 12.7 8.1-19.3 6 2.2 0.9- 5.4 13 5.3 2.7-10.3 95 41.5 32.9-50.7
College Graduate 466 227 48.5 41.8-55.2 49 11.7 7.8-17.1 16 2.6 1.4- 5.1 21 3.5 1.6- 7.4 153 33.7 27.7-40.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 77 30 46.8 27.5-67.2 5 2.4 0.8- 6.7 7 8.2 3.5-18.0 5 6.4 2.1-18.0 30 36.3 21.0-54.9
$15,000- 24,999 149 57 40.6 30.8-51.1 14 6.3 3.0-12.6 6 3.2 1.0-10.1 9 5.4 2.4-11.8 63 44.5 34.5-55.1
$25,000- 34,999 129 51 34.6 23.2-48.0 14 9.7 4.9-18.2 4 3.5 1.1-10.7 7 4.6 1.7-12.0 53 47.7 34.8-60.8
$35,000- 49,999 204 97 39.7 30.6-49.5 24 14.9 8.8-24.0 10 3.4 1.5- 7.7 9 7.5 3.1-17.2 64 34.5 24.9-45.6
$50,000-74,999 154 83 51.8 40.6-62.8 8 4.3 1.7-10.3 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 8 4.1 1.6- 9.7 53 39.7 29.0-51.5
$75,000+ 254 123 46.0 37.6-54.8 27 13.2 8.1-20.8 5 1.3 0.4- 4.0 10 2.4 0.8- 6.8 89 37.1 29.0-46.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 90 31 31.4 22.0-42.7 12 12.8 6.9-22.5 2 1.3 0.3- 6.1 4 4.3 1.5-11.7 41 50.1 38.5-61.7
Forsyth 77 38 52.3 39.8-64.6 9 9.1 4.5-17.4 4 4.4 1.6-11.5 4 5.1 1.7-14.5 22 29.1 19.1-41.6
Guilford 63 30 53.4 39.8-66.6 6 6.1 2.5-14.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 5 7.4 3.0-17.2 21 32.3 20.8-46.3
Henderson/Transylvania 127 67 48.4 38.6-58.5 9 6.5 3.1-13.0 4 2.7 1.0- 7.0 5 4.1 1.6-10.2 42 38.3 28.7-48.9
Mecklenburg 53 21 38.2 25.1-53.4 4 9.0 3.2-22.9 3 5.0 1.4-16.1 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 24 45.9 31.8-60.7
Orange 86 43 51.1 39.5-62.5 6 7.1 3.0-16.1 5 6.4 2.5-15.5 4 3.1 1.1- 8.6 28 32.3 22.3-44.3
Pitt 49 15 32.4 19.2-49.0 10 21.0 11.0-36.3 1 2.1 0.3-13.7 3 3.8 1.0-12.7 20 40.7 26.9-56.3
Randolph 101 42 41.4 31.2-52.3 10 8.9 4.6-16.5 3 2.6 0.8- 7.8 8 9.2 4.5-18.0 38 37.9 28.1-48.8
Robeson 48 22 39.3 25.3-55.2 2 3.7 0.9-13.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.7 2.1-19.5 20 50.4 34.4-66.2
Wake 74 35 41.3 30.2-53.4 10 14.4 7.4-26.2 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 28 43.1 31.5-55.5
Western NC 170 78 42.3 34.4-50.6 22 13.3 8.6-20.0 8 5.0 2.4-10.2 4 2.7 0.9- 7.9 58 36.6 28.7-45.4
Piedmont NC 170 74 43.4 34.4-52.9 14 9.4 5.3-16.1 4 1.8 0.6- 5.7 12 6.5 3.4-12.3 66 38.8 30.1-48.3
Eastern NC 121 60 45.5 36.0-55.5 14 13.4 7.8-22.1 8 5.2 2.4-10.8 5 4.4 1.7-10.9 34 31.4 22.7-41.7

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* 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.

** 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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