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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 63,662 2,524 3.7 3.5- 4.0 61,138 96.3 96.0-96.5
Alabama 700 36 4.1 2.9- 5.8 664 95.9 94.2-97.1
Alaska 736 21 1.8 1.0- 3.0 715 98.2 97.0-99.0
Arizona 903 30 2.0 1.2- 3.4 873 98.0 96.6-98.8
Arkansas 1,013 28 2.5 1.7- 3.7 985 97.5 96.3-98.3
California 1,032 46 4.2 3.0- 5.8 986 95.8 94.2-97.0
Colorado 1,006 51 4.6 3.5- 6.2 955 95.4 93.8-96.5
Connecticut 1,502 57 3.6 2.7- 4.9 1,445 96.4 95.1-97.3
Delaware 1,052 50 3.6 2.6- 5.0 1,002 96.4 95.0-97.4
District of Columbia 552 26 4.8 3.1- 7.3 526 95.2 92.7-96.9
Florida 1,610 80 4.4 3.5- 5.6 1,530 95.6 94.4-96.5
Georgia 1,123 32 2.5 1.7- 3.8 1,091 97.5 96.2-98.3
Hawaii 1,752 57 3.2 2.3- 4.4 1,695 96.8 95.6-97.7
Idaho 1,346 43 2.9 2.1- 4.2 1,303 97.1 95.8-97.9
Illinois 1,268 51 4.2 3.1- 5.6 1,217 95.8 94.4-96.9
Indiana 1,403 63 4.5 3.5- 5.9 1,340 95.5 94.1-96.5
Iowa 945 32 3.2 2.2- 4.8 913 96.8 95.2-97.8
Kansas 1,186 43 3.7 2.7- 5.0 1,143 96.3 95.0-97.3
Kentucky 1,554 41 2.6 1.7- 4.1 1,513 97.4 95.9-98.3
Louisiana 1,118 40 3.5 2.3- 5.3 1,078 96.5 94.7-97.7
Maine 633 20 3.0 1.9- 4.7 613 97.0 95.3-98.1
Maryland 1,116 54 5.3 3.8- 7.3 1,062 94.7 92.7-96.2
Massachusetts 1,796 97 5.1 4.1- 6.4 1,699 94.9 93.6-95.9
Michigan 1,584 71 4.3 3.3- 5.6 1,513 95.7 94.4-96.7
Minnesota 1,234 49 3.6 2.7- 4.8 1,185 96.4 95.2-97.3
Mississippi 926 35 3.3 2.3- 4.7 891 96.7 95.3-97.7
Missouri 1,218 45 3.1 2.1- 4.4 1,173 96.9 95.6-97.9
Montana 1,229 49 4.3 2.8- 6.7 1,180 95.7 93.3-97.2
Nebraska 1,095 56 3.8 2.8- 5.0 1,039 96.2 95.0-97.2
Nevada 1,011 28 1.9 1.2- 3.1 983 98.1 96.9-98.8
New Hampshire 1,395 48 3.4 2.5- 4.6 1,347 96.6 95.4-97.5
New Jersey 1,629 81 3.8 2.5- 5.9 1,548 96.2 94.1-97.5
New Mexico 1,302 51 3.4 2.5- 4.6 1,251 96.6 95.4-97.5
New York 1,078 47 4.7 3.4- 6.5 1,031 95.3 93.5-96.6
North Carolina 1,666 62 3.8 2.3- 6.0 1,604 96.2 94.0-97.7
North Dakota 822 28 4.2 2.8- 6.2 794 95.8 93.8-97.2
Ohio 1,051 27 2.4 1.6- 3.7 1,024 97.6 96.3-98.4
Oklahoma 1,835 78 3.5 2.8- 4.4 1,757 96.5 95.6-97.2
Oregon 803 34 3.9 2.7- 5.5 769 96.1 94.5-97.3
Pennsylvania 3,553 148 4.0 3.3- 4.9 3,405 96.0 95.1-96.7
Rhode Island 916 41 4.6 3.3- 6.4 875 95.4 93.6-96.7
South Carolina 1,107 54 4.4 3.2- 5.9 1,053 95.6 94.1-96.8
South Dakota 1,312 63 4.6 3.4- 6.1 1,249 95.4 93.9-96.6
Tennessee 834 38 3.6 2.5- 5.0 796 96.4 95.0-97.5
Texas 1,359 56 3.3 2.5- 4.4 1,303 96.7 95.6-97.5
Utah 1,086 41 3.2 2.2- 4.6 1,045 96.8 95.4-97.8
Vermont 1,201 52 4.2 3.2- 5.6 1,149 95.8 94.4-96.8
Virginia 1,148 43 2.6 1.8- 3.7 1,105 97.4 96.3-98.2
Washington 1,248 42 2.6 1.9- 3.5 1,206 97.4 96.5-98.1
West Virginia 880 30 3.0 2.0- 4.3 850 97.0 95.7-98.0
Wisconsin 1,104 35 3.4 2.4- 4.8 1,069 96.6 95.2-97.6
Wyoming 1,008 37 3.5 2.5- 5.0 971 96.5 95.0-97.5
Guam 153 0 0.0 . - . 153 100 . - .
Puerto Rico 964 31 2.8 1.8- 4.2 933 97.2 95.8-98.2
Virgin Islands 565 26 6.0 3.8- 9.2 539 94.0 90.8-96.2

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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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