BRFSS 2004 - Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	138	95	67.4	57.9-75.6	43	32.6	24.4-42.1
GENDER
Male	138	95	67.4	57.9-75.6	43	32.6	24.4-42.1
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	102	74	70.8	59.7-79.8	28	29.2	20.2-40.3
Other	36	21	58.9	40.4-75.2	15	41.1	24.8-59.6
AGE
18-44	18	5	27.5	10.1-56.1	13	72.5	43.9-89.9
45+	120	90	72.9	62.7-81.2	30	27.1	18.8-37.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	53	66.7	54.3-77.2	26	33.3	22.8-45.7
Some College +	59	42	68.3	52.9-80.5	17	31.7	19.5-47.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	79	52	67.4	54.9-77.8	27	32.6	22.2-45.1
$50,000+	26	23	86.5	64.8-95.7	3	13.5	4.3-35.2

* 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: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	138	95	67.4	57.9-75.6	43	32.6	24.4-42.1
GENDER
Male	138	95	67.4	57.9-75.6	43	32.6	24.4-42.1
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	102	74	70.8	59.7-79.8	28	29.2	20.2-40.3
Other	36	21	58.9	40.4-75.2	15	41.1	24.8-59.6
AGE
18-44	18	5	27.5	10.1-56.1	13	72.5	43.9-89.9
45+	120	90	72.9	62.7-81.2	30	27.1	18.8-37.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	53	66.7	54.3-77.2	26	33.3	22.8-45.7
Some College +	59	42	68.3	52.9-80.5	17	31.7	19.5-47.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	79	52	67.4	54.9-77.8	27	32.6	22.2-45.1
$50,000+	26	23	86.5	64.8-95.7	3	13.5	4.3-35.2