BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren): (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
-NE Partnership I	105	71	60.1	45.4-73.2	34	39.9	26.8-54.6
GENDER
Male	105	71	60.1	45.4-73.2	34	39.9	26.8-54.6
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	44	29	65.2	48.4-79.0	15	34.8	21.0-51.6
Other	61	42	57.1	37.0-75.0	19	42.9	25.0-63.0
AGE
18-44	14	3	15.4	3.9-45.4	11	84.6	54.6-96.1
45+	91	68	75.0	64.0-83.5	23	25.0	16.5-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	70	44	52.3	35.0-69.2	26	47.7	30.8-65.0
Some College +	35	27	77.1	58.8-88.8	8	22.9	11.2-41.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	65	41	52.6	34.5-70.1	24	47.4	29.9-65.5
$50,000+	13	9	68.2	38.1-88.2	4	31.8	11.8-61.9

* 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: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

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
-NE Partnership I	105	71	60.1	45.4-73.2	34	39.9	26.8-54.6
GENDER
Male	105	71	60.1	45.4-73.2	34	39.9	26.8-54.6
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	44	29	65.2	48.4-79.0	15	34.8	21.0-51.6
Other	61	42	57.1	37.0-75.0	19	42.9	25.0-63.0
AGE
18-44	14	3	15.4	3.9-45.4	11	84.6	54.6-96.1
45+	91	68	75.0	64.0-83.5	23	25.0	16.5-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	70	44	52.3	35.0-69.2	26	47.7	30.8-65.0
Some College +	35	27	77.1	58.8-88.8	8	22.9	11.2-41.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	65	41	52.6	34.5-70.1	24	47.4	29.9-65.5
$50,000+	13	9	68.2	38.1-88.2	4	31.8	11.8-61.9