BRFSS 2004 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	83	53	65.3	53.1-75.7	30	34.7	24.3-46.9
GENDER
Male	83	53	65.3	53.1-75.7	30	34.7	24.3-46.9
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	69	42	63.5	50.2-75.0	27	36.5	25.0-49.8
Other	14	11	72.5	40.2-91.1	3	27.5	8.9-59.8
AGE
18-44	15	2	9.7	2.1-34.4	13	90.3	65.6-97.9
45+	68	51	78.3	66.3-86.9	17	21.7	13.1-33.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	37	23	61.8	43.2-77.5	14	38.2	22.5-56.8
Some College +	46	30	68.1	52.2-80.7	16	31.9	19.3-47.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	41	25	66.4	49.7-79.9	16	33.6	20.1-50.3
$50,000+	26	15	53.6	31.9-74.1	11	46.4	25.9-68.1

* 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: Alamance County

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
-Alamance County	83	53	65.3	53.1-75.7	30	34.7	24.3-46.9
GENDER
Male	83	53	65.3	53.1-75.7	30	34.7	24.3-46.9
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	69	42	63.5	50.2-75.0	27	36.5	25.0-49.8
Other	14	11	72.5	40.2-91.1	3	27.5	8.9-59.8
AGE
18-44	15	2	9.7	2.1-34.4	13	90.3	65.6-97.9
45+	68	51	78.3	66.3-86.9	17	21.7	13.1-33.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	37	23	61.8	43.2-77.5	14	38.2	22.5-56.8
Some College +	46	30	68.1	52.2-80.7	16	31.9	19.3-47.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	41	25	66.4	49.7-79.9	16	33.6	20.1-50.3
$50,000+	26	15	53.6	31.9-74.1	11	46.4	25.9-68.1