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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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 3,969 2,725 63.2 61.2-65.1 1,244 36.8 34.9-38.8
-Alex./Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 109 78 70.3 59.5-79.2 31 29.7 20.8-40.5
RACE
White 96 67 67.1 55.5-76.9 29 32.9 23.1-44.5
Other 13 11 84.8 49.8-96.9 2 15.2 3.1-50.2
AGE
18-44 12 5 49.8 22.2-77.5 7 50.2 22.5-77.8
45+ 97 73 74.8 63.6-83.5 24 25.2 16.5-36.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 42 68.0 53.2-79.9 19 32.0 20.1-46.8
Some College + 48 36 73.6 57.0-85.4 12 26.4 14.6-43.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 69 50 71.2 57.2-82.0 19 28.8 18.0-42.8
$50,000+ 28 23 79.6 57.6-91.8 5 20.4 8.2-42.4

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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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