BRFSS 2004 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	91	67	73.5	61.7-82.6	24	26.5	17.4-38.3
GENDER
Male	91	67	73.5	61.7-82.6	24	26.5	17.4-38.3
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	62	47	75.8	62.3-85.6	15	24.2	14.4-37.7
Other	29	20	69.9	47.6-85.5	9	30.1	14.5-52.4
AGE
18-44	11	4	34.4	12.9-65.0	7	65.6	35.0-87.1
45+	80	63	77.8	65.0-86.8	17	22.2	13.2-35.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	55	40	71.2	55.1-83.3	15	28.8	16.7-44.9
Some College +	35	26	76.8	59.1-88.3	9	23.2	11.7-40.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	42	77.7	62.2-88.1	13	22.3	11.9-37.8
$50,000+	18	10	53.3	29.5-75.6	8	46.7	24.4-70.5

* 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: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	91	67	73.5	61.7-82.6	24	26.5	17.4-38.3
GENDER
Male	91	67	73.5	61.7-82.6	24	26.5	17.4-38.3
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	62	47	75.8	62.3-85.6	15	24.2	14.4-37.7
Other	29	20	69.9	47.6-85.5	9	30.1	14.5-52.4
AGE
18-44	11	4	34.4	12.9-65.0	7	65.6	35.0-87.1
45+	80	63	77.8	65.0-86.8	17	22.2	13.2-35.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	55	40	71.2	55.1-83.3	15	28.8	16.7-44.9
Some College +	35	26	76.8	59.1-88.3	9	23.2	11.7-40.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	42	77.7	62.2-88.1	13	22.3	11.9-37.8
$50,000+	18	10	53.3	29.5-75.6	8	46.7	24.4-70.5