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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Prostate Cancer Screening

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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%)
All Participants 60,565 26,744 43.4 42.7-44.1 6,178 10.1 9.7-10.5 2,195 3.3 3.1- 3.5 2,752 4.1 3.8- 4.4 22,696 39.1 38.4-39.8
Alabama 678 325 46.5 42.4-50.6 69 9.6 7.4-12.2 20 2.6 1.6- 4.2 36 4.7 3.3- 6.7 228 36.6 32.6-40.8
Alaska 694 270 42.0 36.5-47.6 74 12.7 8.9-17.9 32 4.2 2.6- 6.7 36 4.9 2.8- 8.5 282 36.2 31.3-41.5
Arizona 863 411 46.1 41.0-51.2 83 7.9 6.0-10.3 31 4.4 2.6- 7.3 40 4.7 3.1- 7.1 298 36.9 32.2-42.0
Arkansas 953 434 42.7 39.3-46.2 89 9.5 7.4-12.1 32 3.8 2.6- 5.6 53 5.1 3.8- 6.8 345 38.8 35.3-42.4
California 995 439 40.5 37.0-44.2 88 9.0 7.1-11.2 28 2.4 1.6- 3.6 46 4.2 3.0- 5.8 394 43.9 40.3-47.6
Colorado 965 407 40.5 36.9-44.1 106 10.6 8.7-12.8 48 5.5 3.9- 7.7 45 4.7 3.4- 6.4 359 38.8 35.3-42.5
Connecticut 1,411 623 43.4 40.3-46.5 135 9.8 8.1-11.9 39 2.6 1.7- 3.9 47 3.5 2.5- 4.8 567 40.7 37.6-43.8
Delaware 1,008 536 50.4 46.0-54.8 80 7.6 5.8- 9.9 25 3.0 1.7- 5.1 35 2.8 1.6- 4.7 332 36.3 32.1-40.7
District of Columbia 507 255 52.3 46.8-57.7 73 13.4 10.3-17.4 16 2.7 1.4- 5.1 23 3.6 2.2- 5.9 140 27.9 23.2-33.2
Florida 1,542 849 53.0 50.1-55.9 141 9.1 7.6-10.9 53 3.4 2.5- 4.6 49 2.9 2.1- 4.0 450 31.5 28.8-34.4
Georgia 1,058 483 43.7 40.1-47.3 117 10.6 8.6-12.9 40 3.3 2.3- 4.9 54 5.2 3.8- 7.3 364 37.2 33.6-40.8
Hawaii 1,630 500 29.2 26.5-32.1 185 11.1 9.2-13.4 72 3.9 2.9- 5.4 102 6.5 5.2- 8.2 771 49.2 46.0-52.4
Idaho 1,275 504 39.4 36.3-42.5 138 10.0 8.3-11.9 62 4.8 3.6- 6.3 73 5.0 3.9- 6.5 498 40.8 37.7-44.1
Illinois 1,222 492 40.0 36.9-43.2 125 10.4 8.3-13.0 41 3.0 2.1- 4.2 50 3.6 2.7- 4.9 514 42.9 39.8-46.2
Indiana 1,350 530 37.8 35.0-40.7 139 10.2 8.6-12.1 70 5.0 3.9- 6.4 72 5.0 3.9- 6.4 539 41.9 39.0-45.0
Iowa 901 399 44.5 40.8-48.1 69 7.6 5.8- 9.8 24 2.9 1.8- 4.5 35 3.5 2.4- 5.0 374 41.6 38.0-45.3
Kansas 1,126 518 46.4 43.2-49.6 107 8.9 7.3-10.8 44 3.9 2.8- 5.3 47 3.7 2.7- 5.0 410 37.2 34.2-40.3
Kentucky 1,481 602 40.4 36.9-44.0 129 8.7 6.8-11.1 52 2.6 1.8- 3.6 54 3.0 2.1- 4.2 644 45.3 41.7-49.0
Louisiana 1,072 516 46.4 43.0-49.9 93 8.6 6.8-10.8 37 3.1 2.2- 4.4 42 3.6 2.6- 5.0 384 38.3 34.9-41.8
Maine 593 248 40.7 36.5-45.0 53 8.9 6.7-11.7 17 2.5 1.5- 4.1 21 3.8 2.3- 6.0 254 44.2 39.8-48.6
Maryland 1,077 533 50.9 47.1-54.8 104 9.8 7.8-12.3 36 2.9 2.0- 4.3 48 5.1 3.6- 7.2 356 31.2 28.0-34.7
Massachusetts 1,684 770 45.8 42.9-48.7 153 8.8 7.4-10.5 46 2.7 1.9- 3.7 59 3.0 2.2- 4.1 656 39.7 36.9-42.6
Michigan 1,530 680 43.7 40.7-46.8 179 11.6 9.6-13.8 55 3.3 2.4- 4.5 68 4.4 3.2- 5.9 548 37.0 34.0-40.0
Minnesota 1,112 452 39.6 36.6-42.8 117 9.8 8.2-11.8 37 3.5 2.5- 4.9 44 4.1 3.0- 5.7 462 43.0 39.8-46.2
Mississippi 882 399 43.5 39.9-47.2 99 12.1 9.8-14.8 33 3.5 2.4- 5.0 47 4.6 3.4- 6.2 304 36.3 32.8-40.1
Missouri 1,154 522 47.6 43.7-51.6 101 8.8 6.8-11.4 28 1.6 1.0- 2.5 59 4.3 3.0- 6.2 444 37.6 34.0-41.4
Montana 1,183 476 40.1 36.4-43.9 110 8.9 7.0-11.2 50 5.2 3.6- 7.4 63 5.7 4.1- 7.8 484 40.2 36.6-44.0
Nebraska 1,059 436 38.1 34.8-41.5 97 8.7 7.0-10.8 44 3.7 2.6- 5.1 54 4.6 3.4- 6.3 428 45.0 41.5-48.5
Nevada 969 436 44.8 40.2-49.4 101 10.9 8.4-13.9 41 3.9 2.5- 6.0 52 4.2 3.0- 5.9 339 36.3 31.9-40.9
New Hampshire 1,303 556 43.4 40.4-46.4 119 9.4 7.8-11.3 37 2.7 1.9- 3.9 44 3.3 2.4- 4.4 547 41.2 38.3-44.2
New Jersey 1,552 780 43.5 38.6-48.6 172 12.9 9.6-17.0 44 2.0 1.2- 3.5 31 1.9 1.0- 3.7 525 39.7 34.6-45.0
New Mexico 1,248 520 39.8 36.7-43.0 127 9.9 8.2-12.0 53 4.2 3.1- 5.8 75 5.8 4.4- 7.5 473 40.3 37.0-43.6
New York 1,027 473 44.6 41.1-48.2 120 11.3 9.2-13.8 48 4.0 2.9- 5.6 35 3.3 2.2- 5.0 351 36.8 33.3-40.4
North Carolina 1,568 705 43.0 39.4-46.7 164 11.1 9.0-13.6 53 3.3 2.3- 4.7 77 4.5 3.3- 6.2 569 38.0 34.5-41.6
North Dakota 783 292 37.7 34.1-41.4 91 12.0 9.7-14.8 30 3.8 2.7- 5.5 44 5.6 4.1- 7.6 326 40.9 37.2-44.6
Ohio 1,001 426 41.5 38.0-45.1 90 9.8 7.7-12.5 25 2.3 1.5- 3.5 46 4.1 2.9- 5.7 414 42.4 38.8-46.0
Oklahoma 1,747 770 40.6 38.1-43.3 216 12.8 11.0-14.7 80 4.5 3.5- 5.7 109 5.6 4.6- 6.9 572 36.5 33.9-39.2
Oregon 750 265 34.1 30.5-37.9 93 11.7 9.4-14.3 46 7.2 5.1- 9.9 50 6.5 4.8- 8.7 296 40.6 36.7-44.6
Pennsylvania 3,388 1,507 43.9 41.8-46.1 363 10.7 9.5-12.2 140 4.3 3.5- 5.2 147 4.0 3.2- 4.9 1,231 37.1 35.0-39.3
Rhode Island 851 426 50.7 47.0-54.5 74 8.4 6.6-10.6 18 2.2 1.3- 3.6 20 2.1 1.3- 3.3 313 36.6 33.1-40.4
South Carolina 1,052 524 47.0 43.2-51.0 122 11.8 9.6-14.5 30 2.5 1.6- 3.9 53 4.8 3.3- 6.8 323 33.8 30.2-37.7
South Dakota 1,262 560 44.1 41.0-47.2 128 9.8 8.1-11.6 35 2.5 1.8- 3.5 55 4.1 3.1- 5.4 484 39.5 36.5-42.6
Tennessee 800 387 46.6 42.7-50.6 68 8.1 6.2-10.4 16 2.3 1.4- 4.0 23 2.2 1.4- 3.4 306 40.8 36.9-44.8
Texas 1,305 560 40.1 37.0-43.2 134 10.1 8.4-12.2 39 2.9 2.1- 4.0 73 4.8 3.8- 6.1 499 42.1 38.7-45.6
Utah 1,039 400 38.3 34.5-42.3 131 13.7 11.2-16.7 40 3.7 2.4- 5.5 73 6.5 4.9- 8.4 395 37.9 34.1-41.8
Vermont 1,133 479 41.7 38.6-44.8 102 8.7 7.1-10.6 41 3.6 2.6- 4.9 39 2.8 2.0- 4.0 472 43.2 40.1-46.4
Virginia 1,091 462 41.6 37.5-45.7 127 12.8 10.2-16.1 41 3.6 2.3- 5.4 49 4.4 3.2- 6.2 412 37.6 33.6-41.8
Washington 1,160 457 37.4 34.2-40.7 124 10.4 8.6-12.5 60 5.5 4.0- 7.5 66 5.4 4.1- 7.2 453 41.3 37.9-44.9
West Virginia 845 389 45.4 41.8-49.1 74 8.8 7.0-11.1 21 2.7 1.7- 4.3 40 4.6 3.3- 6.5 321 38.4 34.9-42.1
Wisconsin 1,058 446 42.5 39.2-46.0 94 9.1 7.2-11.3 28 2.9 1.9- 4.4 38 3.7 2.6- 5.2 452 41.9 38.5-45.3
Wyoming 983 522 50.9 47.3-54.5 117 12.0 9.9-14.5 37 3.8 2.7- 5.3 48 5.7 3.6- 8.9 259 27.6 24.6-30.9
Guam 143 39 22.8 16.2-31.1 9 6.3 2.9-13.1 6 3.4 1.5- 7.7 11 9.4 5.0-17.0 78 58.1 48.4-67.2
Puerto Rico 950 514 54.4 50.5-58.2 100 10.3 8.2-12.9 42 4.6 3.2- 6.5 30 2.8 1.8- 4.2 264 28.0 24.7-31.6
Virgin Islands 552 240 44.0 38.9-49.3 65 10.6 7.7-14.4 32 5.2 3.4- 7.8 22 5.4 2.9- 9.8 193 34.8 30.0-39.9

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* 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.

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