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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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
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
-Buncombe County 95 64 64.7 53.1-74.8 31 35.3 25.2-46.9
RACE
White 87 59 65.9 53.9-76.1 28 34.1 23.9-46.1
Other 6 4 55.1 15.4-89.2 2 44.9 10.8-84.6
AGE
18-44 11 1 11.4 1.6-50.6 10 88.6 49.4-98.4
45+ 84 63 73.6 61.2-83.1 21 26.4 16.9-38.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 35 21 54.2 35.0-72.2 14 45.8 27.8-65.0
Some College + 60 43 70.8 57.0-81.7 17 29.2 18.3-43.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 46 29 56.5 39.8-71.9 17 43.5 28.1-60.2
$50,000+ 34 25 73.8 55.8-86.3 9 26.2 13.7-44.2

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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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