BRFSS 2005 - Union County: (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
-Union County	104	62	54.4	43.1-65.3	42	45.6	34.7-56.9
RACE
White	90	57	58.2	45.8-69.6	33	41.8	30.4-54.2
Other	13	4	38.6	15.8-67.8	9	61.4	32.2-84.2
AGE
18-44	26	7	31.1	14.9-53.8	19	68.9	46.2-85.1
45+	78	55	67.6	54.7-78.3	23	32.4	21.7-45.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	44	20	40.3	24.7-58.1	24	59.7	41.9-75.3
Some College +	59	42	67.2	52.8-78.9	17	32.8	21.1-47.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	49	30	54.8	37.6-70.9	19	45.2	29.1-62.4
$50,000+	45	26	54.4	38.6-69.4	19	45.6	30.6-61.4

*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: Union 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	4,229	2,925	64.8	62.9-66.6	1,304	35.2	33.4-37.1
-Union County	104	62	54.4	43.1-65.3	42	45.6	34.7-56.9
RACE
White	90	57	58.2	45.8-69.6	33	41.8	30.4-54.2
Other	13	4	38.6	15.8-67.8	9	61.4	32.2-84.2
AGE
18-44	26	7	31.1	14.9-53.8	19	68.9	46.2-85.1
45+	78	55	67.6	54.7-78.3	23	32.4	21.7-45.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	44	20	40.3	24.7-58.1	24	59.7	41.9-75.3
Some College +	59	42	67.2	52.8-78.9	17	32.8	21.1-47.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	49	30	54.8	37.6-70.9	19	45.2	29.1-62.4
$50,000+	45	26	54.4	38.6-69.4	19	45.6	30.6-61.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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?*

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?*