BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	107	72	65.5	54.6-75.1	35	34.5	24.9-45.4
GENDER
Male	107	72	65.5	54.6-75.1	35	34.5	24.9-45.4
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	96	66	67.2	55.6-77.0	30	32.8	23.0-44.4
Other	11	6	50.9	21.4-79.8	5	49.1	20.2-78.6
AGE
18-44	23	7	30.0	13.9-53.2	16	70.0	46.8-86.1
45+	84	65	75.2	62.8-84.5	19	24.8	15.5-37.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	36	60.2	45.1-73.6	21	39.8	26.4-54.9
Some College +	50	36	70.6	54.2-82.9	14	29.4	17.1-45.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	60	44	70.7	55.4-82.4	16	29.3	17.6-44.6
$50,000+	24	14	62.2	39.5-80.5	10	37.8	19.5-60.5

* 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: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	107	72	65.5	54.6-75.1	35	34.5	24.9-45.4
GENDER
Male	107	72	65.5	54.6-75.1	35	34.5	24.9-45.4
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	96	66	67.2	55.6-77.0	30	32.8	23.0-44.4
Other	11	6	50.9	21.4-79.8	5	49.1	20.2-78.6
AGE
18-44	23	7	30.0	13.9-53.2	16	70.0	46.8-86.1
45+	84	65	75.2	62.8-84.5	19	24.8	15.5-37.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	36	60.2	45.1-73.6	21	39.8	26.4-54.9
Some College +	50	36	70.6	54.2-82.9	14	29.4	17.1-45.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	60	44	70.7	55.4-82.4	16	29.3	17.6-44.6
$50,000+	24	14	62.2	39.5-80.5	10	37.8	19.5-60.5