BRFSS 2004 - Northeastern Partnership**: (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
-Northeastern Partnership	251	172	65.0	56.8-72.3	79	35.0	27.7-43.2
RACE
White	147	102	68.8	60.0-76.5	45	31.2	23.5-40.0
African American	101	69	61.4	46.6-74.3	32	38.6	25.7-53.4
AGE
40-44	28	8	25.5	11.0-48.6	20	74.5	51.4-89.0
45-54	68	35	50.3	37.5-63.0	33	49.7	37.0-62.5
55-64	71	60	85.4	74.4-92.2	11	14.6	7.8-25.6
65-74	56	48	84.8	71.7-92.5	8	15.2	7.5-28.3
75+	28	21	76.5	55.7-89.4	7	23.5	10.6-44.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	64	35	50.7	37.3-63.9	29	49.3	36.1-62.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	85	53	54.4	39.2-68.8	32	45.6	31.2-60.8
Some Post-H.S.	44	34	79.2	64.3-89.0	10	20.8	11.0-35.7
College Graduate	58	50	85.5	72.6-92.9	8	14.5	7.1-27.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	33	22	59.3	40.3-75.9	11	40.7	24.1-59.7
$15,000- 24,999	44	26	47.1	27.1-68.1	18	52.9	31.9-72.9
$25,000- 34,999	35	20	57.2	39.3-73.4	15	42.8	26.6-60.7
$35,000- 49,999	34	23	63.3	44.2-78.9	11	36.7	21.1-55.8
$50,000-74,999	24	19	81.7	60.6-92.9	5	18.3	7.1-39.4
$75,000+	29	25	85.3	63.4-95.1	4	14.7	4.9-36.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	101	69	68.4	57.8-77.5	32	31.6	22.5-42.2
No	142	98	66.5	57.4-74.5	44	33.5	25.5-42.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	92	74	80.9	70.9-88.1	18	19.1	11.9-29.1
Non-Veteran	158	97	56.2	45.9-66.0	61	43.8	34.0-54.1
Currently Serving	1	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

* 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: Northeastern Partnership**

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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
-Northeastern Partnership	251	172	65.0	56.8-72.3	79	35.0	27.7-43.2
RACE
White	147	102	68.8	60.0-76.5	45	31.2	23.5-40.0
African American	101	69	61.4	46.6-74.3	32	38.6	25.7-53.4
AGE
40-44	28	8	25.5	11.0-48.6	20	74.5	51.4-89.0
45-54	68	35	50.3	37.5-63.0	33	49.7	37.0-62.5
55-64	71	60	85.4	74.4-92.2	11	14.6	7.8-25.6
65-74	56	48	84.8	71.7-92.5	8	15.2	7.5-28.3
75+	28	21	76.5	55.7-89.4	7	23.5	10.6-44.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	64	35	50.7	37.3-63.9	29	49.3	36.1-62.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	85	53	54.4	39.2-68.8	32	45.6	31.2-60.8
Some Post-H.S.	44	34	79.2	64.3-89.0	10	20.8	11.0-35.7
College Graduate	58	50	85.5	72.6-92.9	8	14.5	7.1-27.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	33	22	59.3	40.3-75.9	11	40.7	24.1-59.7
$15,000- 24,999	44	26	47.1	27.1-68.1	18	52.9	31.9-72.9
$25,000- 34,999	35	20	57.2	39.3-73.4	15	42.8	26.6-60.7
$35,000- 49,999	34	23	63.3	44.2-78.9	11	36.7	21.1-55.8
$50,000-74,999	24	19	81.7	60.6-92.9	5	18.3	7.1-39.4
$75,000+	29	25	85.3	63.4-95.1	4	14.7	4.9-36.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	101	69	68.4	57.8-77.5	32	31.6	22.5-42.2
No	142	98	66.5	57.4-74.5	44	33.5	25.5-42.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	92	74	80.9	70.9-88.1	18	19.1	11.9-29.1
Non-Veteran	158	97	56.2	45.9-66.0	61	43.8	34.0-54.1
Currently Serving	1	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .