BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (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?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	3,531	2,315	65.2	63.2-67.1	1,216	34.8	32.9-36.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	91	51	49.9	36.7-63.2	40	50.1	36.8-63.3
GENDER
Male	91	51	49.9	36.7-63.2	40	50.1	36.8-63.3
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	80	48	57.9	45.7-69.3	32	42.1	30.7-54.3
Other	11	3	22.6	5.7-58.4	8	77.4	41.6-94.3
AGE
18-44	15	2	17.2	4.3-49.3	13	82.8	50.7-95.7
45+	76	49	55.5	39.5-70.4	27	44.5	29.6-60.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	52	26	42.6	26.7-60.1	26	57.4	39.9-73.3
Some College +	39	25	64.2	46.5-78.7	14	35.8	21.3-53.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	60	31	42.9	27.7-59.5	29	57.1	40.5-72.3
$50,000+	15	13	89.8	64.7-97.7	2	10.2	2.3-35.3

* This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,531	2,315	65.2	63.2-67.1	1,216	34.8	32.9-36.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	91	51	49.9	36.7-63.2	40	50.1	36.8-63.3
GENDER
Male	91	51	49.9	36.7-63.2	40	50.1	36.8-63.3
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	80	48	57.9	45.7-69.3	32	42.1	30.7-54.3
Other	11	3	22.6	5.7-58.4	8	77.4	41.6-94.3
AGE
18-44	15	2	17.2	4.3-49.3	13	82.8	50.7-95.7
45+	76	49	55.5	39.5-70.4	27	44.5	29.6-60.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	52	26	42.6	26.7-60.1	26	57.4	39.9-73.3
Some College +	39	25	64.2	46.5-78.7	14	35.8	21.3-53.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	60	31	42.9	27.7-59.5	29	57.1	40.5-72.3
$50,000+	15	13	89.8	64.7-97.7	2	10.2	2.3-35.3