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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Prostate Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last PSA test?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,502 1,705 48.1 46.1-50.2 346 10.1 8.9-11.4 103 3.0 2.4- 3.9 132 3.8 3.1- 4.6 1,216 35.0 33.1-37.0
-Gaston County 87 41 50.1 38.4-61.7 11 11.2 6.0-19.8 3 2.9 0.9- 9.2 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 30 34.6 24.2-46.7
GENDER
Male 87 41 50.1 38.4-61.7 11 11.2 6.0-19.8 3 2.9 0.9- 9.2 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 30 34.6 24.2-46.7
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 75 32 43.3 31.4-56.1 11 13.4 7.2-23.4 3 3.5 1.1-10.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 28 39.1 27.4-52.2
Other 12 9 84.8 57.9-95.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.8 0.5-23.8 2 11.4 2.5-39.4
AGE
18-44 9 0 0.0 . - . 2 22.1 5.4-58.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 77.9 41.6-94.6
45+ 78 41 56.0 43.5-67.8 9 9.9 4.9-18.9 3 3.3 1.0-10.2 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3 23 29.5 19.2-42.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 43 20 51.0 35.2-66.6 4 11.3 4.1-27.6 2 4.2 1.0-16.6 2 2.9 0.7-11.0 15 30.6 18.3-46.4
Some College + 44 21 49.4 33.4-65.5 7 11.1 5.0-22.7 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 0 0.0 . - . 15 37.5 22.9-54.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 44 18 41.0 26.1-57.8 6 12.5 5.5-26.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.5 2 2.6 0.6- 9.9 17 42.7 27.1-59.9
$50,000+ 22 15 70.9 47.6-86.7 1 4.2 0.6-24.6 1 4.2 0.6-24.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 20.8 7.8-44.8

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* This question was asked only of male respondents who reported having a PSA test and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

^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.

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