BRFSS 2005 - Northeastern Partnership**: (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
-Northeastern Partnership	309	203	59.4	52.4-66.1	106	40.6	33.9-47.6
RACE
White	193	133	60.6	51.9-68.7	60	39.4	31.3-48.1
African American	104	62	56.7	44.4-68.2	42	43.3	31.8-55.6
Other Minorities	11	7	63.5	31.6-86.8	4	36.5	13.2-68.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	6	4	64.9	20.6-93.0	2	35.1	7.0-79.4
Non-Hispanic	303	199	59.2	52.2-65.9	104	40.8	34.1-47.8
AGE
40-44	28	13	52.6	32.6-71.8	15	47.4	28.2-67.4
45-54	94	39	34.5	24.8-45.8	55	65.5	54.2-75.2
55-64	75	52	73.2	61.3-82.5	23	26.8	17.5-38.7
65-74	66	56	84.1	70.9-91.9	10	15.9	8.1-29.1
75+	46	43	94.6	84.0-98.3	3	5.4	1.7-16.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	67	41	53.9	37.6-69.3	26	46.1	30.7-62.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	116	70	55.2	44.8-65.1	46	44.8	34.9-55.2
Some Post-H.S.	57	36	53.0	37.3-68.2	21	47.0	31.8-62.7
College Graduate	69	56	80.0	67.1-88.7	13	20.0	11.3-32.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	41	24	50.1	31.0-69.2	17	49.9	30.8-69.0
$15,000- 24,999	53	30	49.8	32.8-66.7	23	50.2	33.3-67.2
$25,000- 34,999	40	30	72.6	50.8-87.1	10	27.4	12.9-49.2
$35,000- 49,999	47	38	79.7	63.1-90.0	9	20.3	10.0-36.9
$50,000-74,999	44	26	55.8	39.3-71.2	18	44.2	28.8-60.7
$75,000+	46	28	52.8	36.3-68.6	18	47.2	31.4-63.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	128	86	66.3	56.3-75.0	42	33.7	25.0-43.7
No	179	115	55.3	46.0-64.2	64	44.7	35.8-54.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	134	99	69.5	59.5-77.9	35	30.5	22.1-40.5
Non-Veteran	173	103	53.5	44.2-62.5	70	46.5	37.5-55.8

*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: Northeastern Partnership**

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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
-Northeastern Partnership	309	203	59.4	52.4-66.1	106	40.6	33.9-47.6
RACE
White	193	133	60.6	51.9-68.7	60	39.4	31.3-48.1
African American	104	62	56.7	44.4-68.2	42	43.3	31.8-55.6
Other Minorities	11	7	63.5	31.6-86.8	4	36.5	13.2-68.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	6	4	64.9	20.6-93.0	2	35.1	7.0-79.4
Non-Hispanic	303	199	59.2	52.2-65.9	104	40.8	34.1-47.8
AGE
40-44	28	13	52.6	32.6-71.8	15	47.4	28.2-67.4
45-54	94	39	34.5	24.8-45.8	55	65.5	54.2-75.2
55-64	75	52	73.2	61.3-82.5	23	26.8	17.5-38.7
65-74	66	56	84.1	70.9-91.9	10	15.9	8.1-29.1
75+	46	43	94.6	84.0-98.3	3	5.4	1.7-16.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	67	41	53.9	37.6-69.3	26	46.1	30.7-62.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	116	70	55.2	44.8-65.1	46	44.8	34.9-55.2
Some Post-H.S.	57	36	53.0	37.3-68.2	21	47.0	31.8-62.7
College Graduate	69	56	80.0	67.1-88.7	13	20.0	11.3-32.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	41	24	50.1	31.0-69.2	17	49.9	30.8-69.0
$15,000- 24,999	53	30	49.8	32.8-66.7	23	50.2	33.3-67.2
$25,000- 34,999	40	30	72.6	50.8-87.1	10	27.4	12.9-49.2
$35,000- 49,999	47	38	79.7	63.1-90.0	9	20.3	10.0-36.9
$50,000-74,999	44	26	55.8	39.3-71.2	18	44.2	28.8-60.7
$75,000+	46	28	52.8	36.3-68.6	18	47.2	31.4-63.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	128	86	66.3	56.3-75.0	42	33.7	25.0-43.7
No	179	115	55.3	46.0-64.2	64	44.7	35.8-54.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	134	99	69.5	59.5-77.9	35	30.5	22.1-40.5
Non-Veteran	173	103	53.5	44.2-62.5	70	46.5	37.5-55.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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?*