BRFSS 2004 - Eastern North Carolina**: (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
-Eastern NC	1,159	781	65.9	62.5-69.2	378	34.1	30.8-37.5
RACE
White	806	558	69.3	65.5-72.9	248	30.7	27.1-34.5
African American	276	179	61.9	54.2-69.0	97	38.1	31.0-45.8
AGE
40-44	160	50	26.5	19.3-35.1	110	73.5	64.9-80.7
45-54	324	177	51.6	45.0-58.1	147	48.4	41.9-55.0
55-64	316	249	79.9	74.4-84.4	67	20.1	15.6-25.6
65-74	227	187	83.6	77.4-88.4	40	16.4	11.6-22.6
75+	132	118	91.2	84.7-95.1	14	8.8	4.9-15.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	233	136	54.4	46.3-62.4	97	45.6	37.6-53.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	340	203	56.9	50.2-63.3	137	43.1	36.7-49.8
Some Post-H.S.	268	207	77.6	71.3-82.9	61	22.4	17.1-28.7
College Graduate	315	233	74.8	69.0-79.8	82	25.2	20.2-31.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	133	85	59.2	48.5-69.2	48	40.8	30.8-51.5
$15,000- 24,999	178	101	53.4	43.5-63.0	77	46.6	37.0-56.5
$25,000- 34,999	136	93	65.7	55.9-74.2	43	34.3	25.8-44.1
$35,000- 49,999	188	129	68.2	59.9-75.4	59	31.8	24.6-40.1
$50,000-74,999	136	93	68.3	59.2-76.3	43	31.7	23.7-40.8
$75,000+	169	122	72.9	64.6-79.8	47	27.1	20.2-35.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	465	331	70.8	65.7-75.5	134	29.2	24.5-34.3
No	657	429	64.4	59.9-68.6	228	35.6	31.4-40.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	529	416	78.9	74.7-82.6	113	21.1	17.4-25.3
Non-Veteran	614	352	55.0	50.1-59.9	262	45.0	40.1-49.9
Currently Serving	16	13	83.9	58.0-95.1	3	16.1	4.9-42.0

* 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: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC	1,159	781	65.9	62.5-69.2	378	34.1	30.8-37.5
RACE
White	806	558	69.3	65.5-72.9	248	30.7	27.1-34.5
African American	276	179	61.9	54.2-69.0	97	38.1	31.0-45.8
AGE
40-44	160	50	26.5	19.3-35.1	110	73.5	64.9-80.7
45-54	324	177	51.6	45.0-58.1	147	48.4	41.9-55.0
55-64	316	249	79.9	74.4-84.4	67	20.1	15.6-25.6
65-74	227	187	83.6	77.4-88.4	40	16.4	11.6-22.6
75+	132	118	91.2	84.7-95.1	14	8.8	4.9-15.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	233	136	54.4	46.3-62.4	97	45.6	37.6-53.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	340	203	56.9	50.2-63.3	137	43.1	36.7-49.8
Some Post-H.S.	268	207	77.6	71.3-82.9	61	22.4	17.1-28.7
College Graduate	315	233	74.8	69.0-79.8	82	25.2	20.2-31.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	133	85	59.2	48.5-69.2	48	40.8	30.8-51.5
$15,000- 24,999	178	101	53.4	43.5-63.0	77	46.6	37.0-56.5
$25,000- 34,999	136	93	65.7	55.9-74.2	43	34.3	25.8-44.1
$35,000- 49,999	188	129	68.2	59.9-75.4	59	31.8	24.6-40.1
$50,000-74,999	136	93	68.3	59.2-76.3	43	31.7	23.7-40.8
$75,000+	169	122	72.9	64.6-79.8	47	27.1	20.2-35.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	465	331	70.8	65.7-75.5	134	29.2	24.5-34.3
No	657	429	64.4	59.9-68.6	228	35.6	31.4-40.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	529	416	78.9	74.7-82.6	113	21.1	17.4-25.3
Non-Veteran	614	352	55.0	50.1-59.9	262	45.0	40.1-49.9
Currently Serving	16	13	83.9	58.0-95.1	3	16.1	4.9-42.0