BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	109	71	65.0	54.8-74.0	38	35.0	26.0-45.2
GENDER
Male	109	71	65.0	54.8-74.0	38	35.0	26.0-45.2
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	88	58	64.3	52.9-74.3	30	35.7	25.7-47.1
Other	21	13	68.1	44.5-85.1	8	31.9	14.9-55.5
AGE
18-44	17	4	17.9	6.2-41.8	13	82.1	58.2-93.8
45+	92	67	73.9	63.5-82.2	25	26.1	17.8-36.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	53	28	54.6	40.4-68.1	25	45.4	31.9-59.6
Some College +	56	43	74.3	59.5-85.1	13	25.7	14.9-40.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	63	38	62.1	48.7-73.8	25	37.9	26.2-51.3
$50,000+	21	18	84.9	59.8-95.5	3	15.1	4.5-40.2

* 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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	109	71	65.0	54.8-74.0	38	35.0	26.0-45.2
GENDER
Male	109	71	65.0	54.8-74.0	38	35.0	26.0-45.2
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	88	58	64.3	52.9-74.3	30	35.7	25.7-47.1
Other	21	13	68.1	44.5-85.1	8	31.9	14.9-55.5
AGE
18-44	17	4	17.9	6.2-41.8	13	82.1	58.2-93.8
45+	92	67	73.9	63.5-82.2	25	26.1	17.8-36.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	53	28	54.6	40.4-68.1	25	45.4	31.9-59.6
Some College +	56	43	74.3	59.5-85.1	13	25.7	14.9-40.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	63	38	62.1	48.7-73.8	25	37.9	26.2-51.3
$50,000+	21	18	84.9	59.8-95.5	3	15.1	4.5-40.2