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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 516 348 65.0 59.3-70.2 168 35.0 29.8-40.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 108 73 59.6 48.2-70.1 35 40.4 29.9-51.8
RACE
White 102 70 61.7 49.9-72.3 32 38.3 27.7-50.1
Other 6 3 37.0 9.7-76.2 3 63.0 23.8-90.3
AGE
18-44 14 6 40.2 18.7-66.3 8 59.8 33.7-81.3
45+ 94 67 64.7 51.9-75.7 27 35.3 24.3-48.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 31 50.7 35.2-66.1 20 49.3 33.9-64.8
Some College + 56 41 67.8 51.7-80.5 15 32.2 19.5-48.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 58 35 51.9 36.3-67.2 23 48.1 32.8-63.7
$50,000+ 38 29 66.7 47.9-81.4 9 33.3 18.6-52.1

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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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