BRFSS 2004 - Wake 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
-Wake County	113	65	58.5	48.2-68.0	48	41.5	32.0-51.8
GENDER
Male	113	65	58.5	48.2-68.0	48	41.5	32.0-51.8
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	90	51	57.8	46.4-68.4	39	42.2	31.6-53.6
Other	21	12	56.4	32.5-77.7	9	43.6	22.3-67.5
AGE
18-44	31	4	13.1	4.6-32.0	27	86.9	68.0-95.4
45+	82	61	75.4	63.9-84.1	21	24.6	15.9-36.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	28	14	51.8	31.7-71.4	14	48.2	28.6-68.3
Some College +	85	51	60.8	49.2-71.4	34	39.2	28.6-50.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	26	15	58.9	36.8-77.9	11	41.1	22.1-63.2
$50,000+	66	39	60.3	46.9-72.2	27	39.7	27.8-53.1

* 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: Wake 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
-Wake County	113	65	58.5	48.2-68.0	48	41.5	32.0-51.8
GENDER
Male	113	65	58.5	48.2-68.0	48	41.5	32.0-51.8
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	90	51	57.8	46.4-68.4	39	42.2	31.6-53.6
Other	21	12	56.4	32.5-77.7	9	43.6	22.3-67.5
AGE
18-44	31	4	13.1	4.6-32.0	27	86.9	68.0-95.4
45+	82	61	75.4	63.9-84.1	21	24.6	15.9-36.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	28	14	51.8	31.7-71.4	14	48.2	28.6-68.3
Some College +	85	51	60.8	49.2-71.4	34	39.2	28.6-50.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	26	15	58.9	36.8-77.9	11	41.1	22.1-63.2
$50,000+	66	39	60.3	46.9-72.2	27	39.7	27.8-53.1