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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Prostate Cancer Screening-MALES

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,229 2,925 64.8 62.9-66.6 1,304 35.2 33.4-37.1
RACE
White 3,421 2,417 66.4 64.4-68.3 1,004 33.6 31.7-35.6
African American 598 401 65.5 60.7-70.0 197 34.5 30.0-39.3
Asian 20 5 22.4 8.6-47.2 15 77.6 52.8-91.4
Native American 70 42 62.1 47.9-74.5 28 37.9 25.5-52.1
Other Minorities 108 49 41.3 29.7-54.0 59 58.7 46.0-70.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 121 49 39.1 28.4-51.0 72 60.9 49.0-71.6
-English Speaking 52 30 52.5 36.4-68.0 22 47.5 32.0-63.6
-Spanish Speaking 69 19 32.4 19.1-49.4 50 67.6 50.6-80.9
Non-Hispanic 4,106 2,874 66.0 64.2-67.8 1,232 34.0 32.2-35.8
AGE
40-44 654 208 31.3 27.2-35.7 446 68.7 64.3-72.8
45-54 1,130 645 57.4 53.9-60.9 485 42.6 39.1-46.1
55-64 1,100 884 81.0 78.0-83.6 216 19.0 16.4-22.0
65-74 802 715 89.7 87.1-91.9 87 10.3 8.1-12.9
75+ 543 473 85.8 81.7-89.0 70 14.2 11.0-18.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 699 425 55.7 50.8-60.6 274 44.3 39.4-49.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,217 836 65.0 61.6-68.3 381 35.0 31.7-38.4
Some Post-H.S. 937 658 66.1 62.2-69.7 279 33.9 30.3-37.8
College Graduate 1,368 1,002 68.4 65.3-71.5 366 31.6 28.5-34.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 415 253 58.4 52.1-64.4 162 41.6 35.6-47.9
$15,000- 24,999 633 427 60.3 54.9-65.4 206 39.7 34.6-45.1
$25,000- 34,999 519 367 68.4 63.1-73.3 152 31.6 26.7-36.9
$35,000- 49,999 628 440 65.3 60.6-69.7 188 34.7 30.3-39.4
$50,000-74,999 643 447 65.3 60.7-69.7 196 34.7 30.3-39.3
$75,000+ 893 643 67.5 63.7-71.2 250 32.5 28.8-36.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,492 1,099 70.5 67.4-73.4 393 29.5 26.6-32.6
No 2,704 1,804 62.1 59.8-64.3 900 37.9 35.7-40.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,759 1,424 78.0 75.4-80.4 335 22.0 19.6-24.6
Non-Veteran 2,467 1,500 57.1 54.7-59.6 967 42.9 40.4-45.3

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*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.

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