BRFSS 2004 - Rowan County: (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
-Rowan County	88	59	62.5	50.3-73.2	29	37.5	26.8-49.7
GENDER
Male	88	59	62.5	50.3-73.2	29	37.5	26.8-49.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	78	53	64.6	51.7-75.6	25	35.4	24.4-48.3
Other	10	6	42.4	16.3-73.6	4	57.6	26.4-83.7
AGE
18-44	12	7	39.2	16.5-67.8	5	60.8	32.2-83.5
45+	76	52	66.2	53.2-77.2	24	33.8	22.8-46.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	33	18	51.8	33.0-70.1	15	48.2	29.9-67.0
Some College +	55	41	71.2	56.0-82.7	14	28.8	17.3-44.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	50	33	61.5	45.3-75.5	17	38.5	24.5-54.7
$50,000+	26	17	60.3	38.6-78.5	9	39.7	21.5-61.4

* 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: Rowan County

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
-Rowan County	88	59	62.5	50.3-73.2	29	37.5	26.8-49.7
GENDER
Male	88	59	62.5	50.3-73.2	29	37.5	26.8-49.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	78	53	64.6	51.7-75.6	25	35.4	24.4-48.3
Other	10	6	42.4	16.3-73.6	4	57.6	26.4-83.7
AGE
18-44	12	7	39.2	16.5-67.8	5	60.8	32.2-83.5
45+	76	52	66.2	53.2-77.2	24	33.8	22.8-46.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	33	18	51.8	33.0-70.1	15	48.2	29.9-67.0
Some College +	55	41	71.2	56.0-82.7	14	28.8	17.3-44.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	50	33	61.5	45.3-75.5	17	38.5	24.5-54.7
$50,000+	26	17	60.3	38.6-78.5	9	39.7	21.5-61.4