BRFSS 2004 - Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	96	67	69.6	58.4-78.8	29	30.4	21.2-41.6
GENDER
Male	96	67	69.6	58.4-78.8	29	30.4	21.2-41.6
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	80	59	76.5	65.5-84.9	21	23.5	15.1-34.5
Other	15	7	38.0	16.6-65.3	8	62.0	34.7-83.4
AGE
18-44	12	4	35.1	13.3-65.7	8	64.9	34.3-86.7
45+	84	63	76.1	64.6-84.8	21	23.9	15.2-35.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	38	20	50.3	33.3-67.3	18	49.7	32.7-66.7
Some College +	57	47	83.4	70.5-91.4	10	16.6	8.6-29.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	43	30	67.7	49.9-81.6	13	32.3	18.4-50.1
$50,000+	37	27	73.2	55.5-85.6	10	26.8	14.4-44.5

* 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: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	96	67	69.6	58.4-78.8	29	30.4	21.2-41.6
GENDER
Male	96	67	69.6	58.4-78.8	29	30.4	21.2-41.6
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	80	59	76.5	65.5-84.9	21	23.5	15.1-34.5
Other	15	7	38.0	16.6-65.3	8	62.0	34.7-83.4
AGE
18-44	12	4	35.1	13.3-65.7	8	64.9	34.3-86.7
45+	84	63	76.1	64.6-84.8	21	23.9	15.2-35.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	38	20	50.3	33.3-67.3	18	49.7	32.7-66.7
Some College +	57	47	83.4	70.5-91.4	10	16.6	8.6-29.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	43	30	67.7	49.9-81.6	13	32.3	18.4-50.1
$50,000+	37	27	73.2	55.5-85.6	10	26.8	14.4-44.5