BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC**: (A Prostate-Specific Antigen test, also called a PSA test, is a blood test used to check men for prostate cancer. <br>Have you ever had a PSA test?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	4,229	2,925	64.8	62.9-66.6	1,304	35.2	33.4-37.1
-Mountain AHEC	294	207	66.9	60.0-73.2	87	33.1	26.8-40.0
RACE
White	264	189	67.3	60.1-73.7	75	32.7	26.3-39.9
African American	10	6	45.8	16.2-78.7	4	54.2	21.3-83.8
Other Minorities	20	12	76.5	49.0-91.7	8	23.5	8.3-51.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic	8	4	70.8	29.3-93.4	4	29.2	6.6-70.7
Non-Hispanic	286	203	66.8	59.7-73.1	83	33.2	26.9-40.3
AGE
40-44	46	8	22.8	9.9-44.2	38	77.2	55.8-90.1
45-54	53	28	51.2	35.3-66.9	25	48.8	33.1-64.7
55-64	81	69	86.7	76.9-92.7	12	13.3	7.3-23.1
65-74	61	54	90.7	79.9-96.0	7	9.3	4.0-20.1
75+	53	48	91.1	78.7-96.6	5	8.9	3.4-21.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	54	37	68.9	52.2-81.9	17	31.1	18.1-47.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	76	48	61.8	47.7-74.1	28	38.2	25.9-52.3
Some Post-H.S.	72	49	63.8	50.0-75.6	23	36.2	24.4-50.0
College Graduate	91	73	74.0	60.7-83.9	18	26.0	16.1-39.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	28	21	79.3	59.4-90.9	7	20.7	9.1-40.6
$15,000- 24,999	69	44	59.8	44.6-73.3	25	40.2	26.7-55.4
$25,000- 34,999	31	18	53.2	33.3-72.1	13	46.8	27.9-66.7
$35,000- 49,999	43	33	72.1	53.5-85.3	10	27.9	14.7-46.5
$50,000-74,999	46	34	65.9	47.6-80.5	12	34.1	19.5-52.4
$75,000+	38	29	79.6	61.3-90.5	9	20.4	9.5-38.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	122	89	69.3	58.2-78.4	33	30.7	21.6-41.8
No	170	116	64.8	55.6-73.0	54	35.2	27.0-44.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	135	109	78.7	69.3-85.8	26	21.3	14.2-30.7
Non-Veteran	159	98	57.2	47.4-66.5	61	42.8	33.5-52.6

*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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	4,229	2,925	64.8	62.9-66.6	1,304	35.2	33.4-37.1
-Mountain AHEC	294	207	66.9	60.0-73.2	87	33.1	26.8-40.0
RACE
White	264	189	67.3	60.1-73.7	75	32.7	26.3-39.9
African American	10	6	45.8	16.2-78.7	4	54.2	21.3-83.8
Other Minorities	20	12	76.5	49.0-91.7	8	23.5	8.3-51.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic	8	4	70.8	29.3-93.4	4	29.2	6.6-70.7
Non-Hispanic	286	203	66.8	59.7-73.1	83	33.2	26.9-40.3
AGE
40-44	46	8	22.8	9.9-44.2	38	77.2	55.8-90.1
45-54	53	28	51.2	35.3-66.9	25	48.8	33.1-64.7
55-64	81	69	86.7	76.9-92.7	12	13.3	7.3-23.1
65-74	61	54	90.7	79.9-96.0	7	9.3	4.0-20.1
75+	53	48	91.1	78.7-96.6	5	8.9	3.4-21.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	54	37	68.9	52.2-81.9	17	31.1	18.1-47.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	76	48	61.8	47.7-74.1	28	38.2	25.9-52.3
Some Post-H.S.	72	49	63.8	50.0-75.6	23	36.2	24.4-50.0
College Graduate	91	73	74.0	60.7-83.9	18	26.0	16.1-39.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	28	21	79.3	59.4-90.9	7	20.7	9.1-40.6
$15,000- 24,999	69	44	59.8	44.6-73.3	25	40.2	26.7-55.4
$25,000- 34,999	31	18	53.2	33.3-72.1	13	46.8	27.9-66.7
$35,000- 49,999	43	33	72.1	53.5-85.3	10	27.9	14.7-46.5
$50,000-74,999	46	34	65.9	47.6-80.5	12	34.1	19.5-52.4
$75,000+	38	29	79.6	61.3-90.5	9	20.4	9.5-38.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	122	89	69.3	58.2-78.4	33	30.7	21.6-41.8
No	170	116	64.8	55.6-73.0	54	35.2	27.0-44.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	135	109	78.7	69.3-85.8	26	21.3	14.2-30.7
Non-Veteran	159	98	57.2	47.4-66.5	61	42.8	33.5-52.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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?*

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?*