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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 145 72 53.2 43.6-62.6 17 11.2 6.2-19.2 5 4.3 1.8-10.1 7 4.9 2.0-11.1 44 26.4 19.0-35.5
GENDER
Male 145 72 53.2 43.6-62.6 17 11.2 6.2-19.2 5 4.3 1.8-10.1 7 4.9 2.0-11.1 44 26.4 19.0-35.5
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 129 69 56.4 46.3-66.0 15 10.9 5.9-19.4 5 4.7 1.9-11.0 7 5.3 2.2-12.0 33 22.7 15.6-31.8
Other 14 3 21.1 5.0-57.8 1 14.0 1.9-57.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 10 64.8 29.8-88.9
AGE
18-44 19 5 34.7 13.8-63.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.8 1.1-39.3 0 0.0 . - . 13 57.5 30.4-80.8
45+ 126 67 55.8 45.5-65.7 17 12.8 7.1-21.7 4 3.8 1.4-10.0 7 5.5 2.3-12.6 31 22.0 14.8-31.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 22 46.6 32.3-61.6 7 6.8 2.5-17.2 2 3.3 0.8-13.3 5 7.9 2.7-20.8 26 35.3 22.8-50.2
Some College + 81 50 59.4 46.4-71.1 10 14.8 7.3-27.5 3 5.1 1.7-14.8 2 2.6 0.6-10.5 16 18.1 10.4-29.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 72 31 50.9 37.3-64.4 6 7.3 2.8-17.7 2 2.9 0.7-11.8 6 7.0 2.8-16.4 27 31.9 20.7-45.7
$50,000+ 46 29 64.5 47.8-78.2 4 7.0 2.2-19.6 2 5.9 1.5-20.8 0 0.0 . - . 11 22.7 11.7-39.3

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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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