BRFSS 2004 - Union 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
-Union County	95	53	59.8	48.2-70.3	42	40.2	29.7-51.8
GENDER
Male	95	53	59.8	48.2-70.3	42	40.2	29.7-51.8
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	81	48	65.1	53.0-75.5	33	34.9	24.5-47.0
Other	13	5	34.6	13.4-64.5	8	65.4	35.5-86.6
AGE
18-44	21	6	35.4	15.8-61.4	15	64.6	38.6-84.2
45+	74	47	67.6	55.0-78.1	27	32.4	21.9-45.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	33	19	58.7	39.3-75.7	14	41.3	24.3-60.7
Some College +	62	34	60.4	46.1-73.1	28	39.6	26.9-53.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	40	26	72.0	54.8-84.5	14	28.0	15.5-45.2
$50,000+	39	17	47.4	29.0-66.5	22	52.6	33.5-71.0

* 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: Union 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
-Union County	95	53	59.8	48.2-70.3	42	40.2	29.7-51.8
GENDER
Male	95	53	59.8	48.2-70.3	42	40.2	29.7-51.8
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	81	48	65.1	53.0-75.5	33	34.9	24.5-47.0
Other	13	5	34.6	13.4-64.5	8	65.4	35.5-86.6
AGE
18-44	21	6	35.4	15.8-61.4	15	64.6	38.6-84.2
45+	74	47	67.6	55.0-78.1	27	32.4	21.9-45.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	33	19	58.7	39.3-75.7	14	41.3	24.3-60.7
Some College +	62	34	60.4	46.1-73.1	28	39.6	26.9-53.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	40	26	72.0	54.8-84.5	14	28.0	15.5-45.2
$50,000+	39	17	47.4	29.0-66.5	22	52.6	33.5-71.0