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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Prostate Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last PSA test?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,502 1,705 48.1 46.1-50.2 346 10.1 8.9-11.4 103 3.0 2.4- 3.9 132 3.8 3.1- 4.6 1,216 35.0 33.1-37.0
-Union County 94 42 48.9 37.3-60.6 5 5.2 2.0-12.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 4 4.6 1.7-12.0 42 40.6 30.0-52.2
GENDER
Male 94 42 48.9 37.3-60.6 5 5.2 2.0-12.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 4 4.6 1.7-12.0 42 40.6 30.0-52.2
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 80 38 53.2 40.6-65.5 5 6.1 2.4-14.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.4 1.9-14.0 33 35.3 24.8-47.5
Other 13 4 28.8 10.0-59.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.8 0.8-32.6 0 0.0 . - . 8 65.4 35.5-86.6
AGE
18-44 21 4 25.6 9.1-54.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 9.8 2.3-32.9 15 64.6 38.6-84.2
45+ 73 38 56.5 43.3-68.9 5 6.9 2.7-16.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 2 2.9 0.7-11.5 27 32.8 22.1-45.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 33 15 47.9 29.6-66.8 2 4.8 1.0-21.3 1 2.0 0.3-13.3 1 3.9 0.5-23.1 14 41.3 24.3-60.7
Some College + 61 27 49.5 35.0-64.1 3 5.4 1.7-15.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.0 1.5-15.0 28 40.2 27.3-54.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 40 19 54.8 37.6-70.9 3 6.5 1.8-20.4 1 1.8 0.2-11.7 3 9.0 2.9-24.9 14 28.0 15.5-45.2
$50,000+ 39 15 42.3 24.3-62.6 1 3.4 0.5-20.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 22 52.6 33.5-71.0

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* This question was asked only of male respondents who reported having a PSA test and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

^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.

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