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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Prostate Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 63,075 48,391 75.5 74.9-76.2 14,684 24.5 23.8-25.1
Alabama 694 545 76.9 73.2-80.3 149 23.1 19.7-26.8
Alaska 723 562 80.9 76.8-84.4 161 19.1 15.6-23.2
Arizona 897 695 75.4 70.8-79.5 202 24.6 20.5-29.2
Arkansas 1,006 803 78.4 75.4-81.2 203 21.6 18.8-24.6
California 1,029 801 73.2 69.7-76.5 228 26.8 23.5-30.3
Colorado 1,003 822 81.3 78.4-84.0 181 18.7 16.0-21.6
Connecticut 1,499 1,242 83.0 80.5-85.2 257 17.0 14.8-19.5
Delaware 1,046 805 73.9 69.6-77.7 241 26.1 22.3-30.4
District of Columbia 547 464 81.6 76.7-85.6 83 18.4 14.4-23.3
Florida 1,594 1,259 75.9 73.1-78.4 335 24.1 21.6-26.9
Georgia 1,108 873 77.5 74.2-80.5 235 22.5 19.5-25.8
Hawaii 1,686 1,017 60.4 57.3-63.4 669 39.6 36.6-42.7
Idaho 1,333 1,078 79.9 77.2-82.4 255 20.1 17.6-22.8
Illinois 1,262 891 69.2 66.2-72.1 371 30.8 27.9-33.8
Indiana 1,397 1,062 75.4 72.8-77.9 335 24.6 22.1-27.2
Iowa 936 714 76.8 73.6-79.7 222 23.2 20.3-26.4
Kansas 1,177 881 74.9 72.1-77.5 296 25.1 22.5-27.9
Kentucky 1,528 874 57.2 53.6-60.7 654 42.8 39.3-46.4
Louisiana 1,105 797 70.3 67.0-73.5 308 29.7 26.5-33.0
Maine 622 502 78.8 74.9-82.3 120 21.2 17.7-25.1
Maryland 1,115 913 82.1 78.8-84.9 202 17.9 15.1-21.2
Massachusetts 1,783 1,465 81.9 79.5-84.1 318 18.1 15.9-20.5
Michigan 1,569 1,286 79.8 77.0-82.2 283 20.2 17.8-23.0
Minnesota 1,223 1,029 83.0 80.5-85.3 194 17.0 14.7-19.5
Mississippi 916 684 74.6 71.3-77.6 232 25.4 22.4-28.7
Missouri 1,205 889 75.6 72.2-78.7 316 24.4 21.3-27.8
Montana 1,216 913 77.2 74.0-80.1 303 22.8 19.9-26.0
Nebraska 1,082 683 59.3 55.8-62.7 399 40.7 37.3-44.2
Nevada 1,003 794 77.4 73.4-80.9 209 22.6 19.1-26.6
New Hampshire 1,381 1,141 82.7 80.3-84.8 240 17.3 15.2-19.7
New Jersey 1,610 1,258 74.6 69.7-79.0 352 25.4 21.0-30.3
New Mexico 1,293 969 73.8 70.9-76.6 324 26.2 23.4-29.1
New York 1,070 868 78.6 75.4-81.6 202 21.4 18.4-24.6
North Carolina 1,644 1,231 73.4 70.0-76.5 413 26.6 23.5-30.0
North Dakota 815 639 78.5 75.3-81.4 176 21.5 18.6-24.7
Ohio 1,045 793 75.1 71.9-78.1 252 24.9 21.9-28.1
Oklahoma 1,817 1,352 72.0 69.4-74.4 465 28.0 25.6-30.6
Oregon 792 634 78.2 74.6-81.4 158 21.8 18.6-25.4
Pennsylvania 3,538 2,767 76.7 74.8-78.5 771 23.3 21.5-25.2
Rhode Island 905 766 84.3 81.4-86.8 139 15.7 13.2-18.6
South Carolina 1,095 929 85.3 82.4-87.8 166 14.7 12.2-17.6
South Dakota 1,298 930 71.3 68.5-74.0 368 28.7 26.0-31.5
Tennessee 826 554 66.6 62.8-70.1 272 33.4 29.9-37.2
Texas 1,349 1,005 70.5 67.1-73.8 344 29.5 26.2-32.9
Utah 1,079 866 81.2 77.9-84.1 213 18.8 15.9-22.1
Vermont 1,199 979 80.9 78.3-83.3 220 19.1 16.7-21.7
Virginia 1,129 907 80.7 77.6-83.6 222 19.3 16.4-22.4
Washington 1,238 1,052 84.0 81.1-86.4 186 16.0 13.6-18.9
West Virginia 876 654 73.4 70.1-76.6 222 26.6 23.4-29.9
Wisconsin 1,100 894 81.0 78.2-83.5 206 19.0 16.5-21.8
Wyoming 997 777 77.3 74.3-80.2 220 22.7 19.8-25.7
Guam 150 91 57.0 47.1-66.3 59 43.0 33.7-52.9
Puerto Rico 963 605 61.1 57.2-64.9 358 38.9 35.1-42.8
Virgin Islands 562 387 67.1 61.9-71.9 175 32.9 28.1-38.1

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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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