BRFSS 2004 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	87	57	65.4	53.3-75.8	30	34.6	24.2-46.7
GENDER
Male	87	57	65.4	53.3-75.8	30	34.6	24.2-46.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	75	47	60.9	47.8-72.6	28	39.1	27.4-52.2
Other	12	10	88.6	60.6-97.5	2	11.4	2.5-39.4
AGE
18-44	9	2	22.1	5.4-58.4	7	77.9	41.6-94.6
45+	78	55	70.5	57.7-80.8	23	29.5	19.2-42.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	28	69.4	53.6-81.7	15	30.6	18.3-46.4
Some College +	44	29	62.5	45.3-77.1	15	37.5	22.9-54.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	44	27	57.3	40.1-72.9	17	42.7	27.1-59.9
$50,000+	22	17	79.2	55.2-92.2	5	20.8	7.8-44.8

* 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: Gaston 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
-Gaston County	87	57	65.4	53.3-75.8	30	34.6	24.2-46.7
GENDER
Male	87	57	65.4	53.3-75.8	30	34.6	24.2-46.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	75	47	60.9	47.8-72.6	28	39.1	27.4-52.2
Other	12	10	88.6	60.6-97.5	2	11.4	2.5-39.4
AGE
18-44	9	2	22.1	5.4-58.4	7	77.9	41.6-94.6
45+	78	55	70.5	57.7-80.8	23	29.5	19.2-42.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	28	69.4	53.6-81.7	15	30.6	18.3-46.4
Some College +	44	29	62.5	45.3-77.1	15	37.5	22.9-54.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	44	27	57.3	40.1-72.9	17	42.7	27.1-59.9
$50,000+	22	17	79.2	55.2-92.2	5	20.8	7.8-44.8