BRFSS 2005 - Western North Carolina**: (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
-Western NC	501	359	67.7	62.5-72.6	142	32.3	27.4-37.5
RACE
White	461	335	68.4	63.1-73.3	126	31.6	26.7-36.9
African American	15	9	48.5	20.8-77.2	6	51.5	22.8-79.2
Other Minorities	25	15	69.3	42.1-87.5	10	30.7	12.5-57.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic	9	4	58.3	20.5-88.4	5	41.7	11.6-79.5
Non-Hispanic	492	355	68.1	62.8-72.9	137	31.9	27.1-37.2
AGE
40-44	69	17	26.4	15.1-42.1	52	73.6	57.9-84.9
45-54	101	58	54.7	43.1-65.8	43	45.3	34.2-56.9
55-64	145	123	85.1	77.4-90.6	22	14.9	9.4-22.6
65-74	105	92	89.8	82.0-94.5	13	10.2	5.5-18.0
75+	81	69	86.4	76.6-92.5	12	13.6	7.5-23.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	102	65	61.8	49.7-72.7	37	38.2	27.3-50.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	135	92	66.2	55.8-75.3	43	33.8	24.7-44.2
Some Post-H.S.	115	85	67.8	56.7-77.2	30	32.2	22.8-43.3
College Graduate	147	116	74.4	64.5-82.2	31	25.6	17.8-35.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	57	38	66.8	51.7-79.1	19	33.2	20.9-48.3
$15,000- 24,999	102	71	62.8	50.2-73.9	31	37.2	26.1-49.8
$25,000- 34,999	59	37	56.9	41.7-70.8	22	43.1	29.2-58.3
$35,000- 49,999	76	58	72.9	59.3-83.2	18	27.1	16.8-40.7
$50,000-74,999	69	52	68.9	54.0-80.6	17	31.1	19.4-46.0
$75,000+	72	57	78.4	65.1-87.6	15	21.6	12.4-34.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	198	145	69.9	61.4-77.2	53	30.1	22.8-38.6
No	301	212	66.0	59.2-72.3	89	34.0	27.7-40.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	225	190	81.5	74.5-86.9	35	18.5	13.1-25.5
Non-Veteran	276	169	57.4	50.1-64.4	107	42.6	35.6-49.9

*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: Western North Carolina**

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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
-Western NC	501	359	67.7	62.5-72.6	142	32.3	27.4-37.5
RACE
White	461	335	68.4	63.1-73.3	126	31.6	26.7-36.9
African American	15	9	48.5	20.8-77.2	6	51.5	22.8-79.2
Other Minorities	25	15	69.3	42.1-87.5	10	30.7	12.5-57.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic	9	4	58.3	20.5-88.4	5	41.7	11.6-79.5
Non-Hispanic	492	355	68.1	62.8-72.9	137	31.9	27.1-37.2
AGE
40-44	69	17	26.4	15.1-42.1	52	73.6	57.9-84.9
45-54	101	58	54.7	43.1-65.8	43	45.3	34.2-56.9
55-64	145	123	85.1	77.4-90.6	22	14.9	9.4-22.6
65-74	105	92	89.8	82.0-94.5	13	10.2	5.5-18.0
75+	81	69	86.4	76.6-92.5	12	13.6	7.5-23.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	102	65	61.8	49.7-72.7	37	38.2	27.3-50.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	135	92	66.2	55.8-75.3	43	33.8	24.7-44.2
Some Post-H.S.	115	85	67.8	56.7-77.2	30	32.2	22.8-43.3
College Graduate	147	116	74.4	64.5-82.2	31	25.6	17.8-35.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	57	38	66.8	51.7-79.1	19	33.2	20.9-48.3
$15,000- 24,999	102	71	62.8	50.2-73.9	31	37.2	26.1-49.8
$25,000- 34,999	59	37	56.9	41.7-70.8	22	43.1	29.2-58.3
$35,000- 49,999	76	58	72.9	59.3-83.2	18	27.1	16.8-40.7
$50,000-74,999	69	52	68.9	54.0-80.6	17	31.1	19.4-46.0
$75,000+	72	57	78.4	65.1-87.6	15	21.6	12.4-34.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	198	145	69.9	61.4-77.2	53	30.1	22.8-38.6
No	301	212	66.0	59.2-72.3	89	34.0	27.7-40.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	225	190	81.5	74.5-86.9	35	18.5	13.1-25.5
Non-Veteran	276	169	57.4	50.1-64.4	107	42.6	35.6-49.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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?*