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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 61,006 38,310 61.1 60.4-61.8 22,696 38.9 38.2-39.6
Alabama 682 454 63.5 59.4-67.5 228 36.5 32.5-40.6
Alaska 698 416 63.9 58.6-68.8 282 36.1 31.2-41.4
Arizona 868 570 63.3 58.3-68.0 298 36.7 32.0-41.7
Arkansas 965 620 61.7 58.1-65.1 345 38.3 34.9-41.9
California 1,001 607 56.4 52.8-60.0 394 43.6 40.0-47.2
Colorado 970 611 61.4 57.8-64.9 359 38.6 35.1-42.2
Connecticut 1,418 851 59.5 56.4-62.6 567 40.5 37.4-43.6
Delaware 1,015 683 63.9 59.5-68.1 332 36.1 31.9-40.5
District of Columbia 516 376 72.5 67.4-77.2 140 27.5 22.8-32.6
Florida 1,555 1,105 68.7 65.8-71.5 450 31.3 28.5-34.2
Georgia 1,065 701 63.1 59.4-66.6 364 36.9 33.4-40.6
Hawaii 1,647 876 51.2 48.1-54.4 771 48.8 45.6-51.9
Idaho 1,285 787 59.5 56.3-62.6 498 40.5 37.4-43.7
Illinois 1,232 718 57.4 54.2-60.6 514 42.6 39.4-45.8
Indiana 1,358 819 58.2 55.2-61.2 539 41.8 38.8-44.8
Iowa 911 537 58.7 55.1-62.3 374 41.3 37.7-44.9
Kansas 1,134 724 63.1 59.9-66.1 410 36.9 33.9-40.1
Kentucky 1,493 849 54.9 51.2-58.5 644 45.1 41.5-48.8
Louisiana 1,084 700 62.0 58.5-65.4 384 38.0 34.6-41.5
Maine 599 345 56.6 52.1-60.9 254 43.4 39.1-47.9
Maryland 1,086 730 68.9 65.5-72.2 356 31.1 27.8-34.5
Massachusetts 1,700 1,044 60.7 57.8-63.5 656 39.3 36.5-42.2
Michigan 1,540 992 63.2 60.2-66.2 548 36.8 33.8-39.8
Minnesota 1,120 658 57.3 54.2-60.5 462 42.7 39.5-45.8
Mississippi 888 584 63.9 60.2-67.5 304 36.1 32.5-39.8
Missouri 1,159 715 62.5 58.7-66.1 444 37.5 33.9-41.3
Montana 1,186 702 59.9 56.1-63.5 484 40.1 36.5-43.9
Nebraska 1,065 637 55.3 51.8-58.8 428 44.7 41.2-48.2
Nevada 974 635 63.9 59.3-68.3 339 36.1 31.7-40.7
New Hampshire 1,316 769 59.1 56.2-62.0 547 40.9 38.0-43.8
New Jersey 1,564 1,039 60.5 55.3-65.6 525 39.5 34.4-44.7
New Mexico 1,254 781 59.9 56.6-63.1 473 40.1 36.9-43.4
New York 1,034 683 63.5 59.9-66.9 351 36.5 33.1-40.1
North Carolina 1,586 1,017 62.4 58.8-65.9 569 37.6 34.1-41.2
North Dakota 788 462 59.5 55.7-63.1 326 40.5 36.9-44.3
Ohio 1,007 593 57.9 54.3-61.5 414 42.1 38.5-45.7
Oklahoma 1,755 1,183 63.7 61.0-66.3 572 36.3 33.7-39.0
Oregon 759 463 59.9 55.9-63.7 296 40.1 36.3-44.1
Pennsylvania 3,412 2,181 63.1 61.0-65.2 1,231 36.9 34.8-39.0
Rhode Island 861 548 63.7 60.0-67.3 313 36.3 32.7-40.0
South Carolina 1,062 739 66.5 62.7-70.1 323 33.5 29.9-37.3
South Dakota 1,268 784 60.7 57.5-63.7 484 39.3 36.3-42.5
Tennessee 804 498 59.4 55.4-63.3 306 40.6 36.7-44.6
Texas 1,317 818 58.2 54.8-61.7 499 41.8 38.3-45.2
Utah 1,044 649 62.3 58.4-66.1 395 37.7 33.9-41.6
Vermont 1,140 668 57.0 53.8-60.1 472 43.0 39.9-46.2
Virginia 1,098 686 62.6 58.4-66.6 412 37.4 33.4-41.6
Washington 1,167 714 58.9 55.4-62.4 453 41.1 37.6-44.6
West Virginia 847 526 61.7 58.1-65.2 321 38.3 34.8-41.9
Wisconsin 1,063 611 58.3 54.9-61.7 452 41.7 38.3-45.1
Wyoming 989 730 72.5 69.2-75.5 259 27.5 24.5-30.8
Guam 144 66 42.5 33.4-52.1 78 57.5 47.9-66.6
Puerto Rico 957 693 72.1 68.6-75.5 264 27.9 24.5-31.4
Virgin Islands 556 363 65.5 60.5-70.3 193 34.5 29.7-39.5

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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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