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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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
-Mtn. AHEC 268 188 69.0 61.4-75.7 80 31.0 24.3-38.6
RACE
White 246 177 71.1 63.3-77.8 69 28.9 22.2-36.7
Other 20 10 45.0 20.9-71.7 10 55.0 28.3-79.1
AGE
18-44 20 6 32.5 13.3-60.0 14 67.5 40.0-86.7
45+ 248 182 73.7 66.0-80.1 66 26.3 19.9-34.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 119 76 56.3 44.1-67.7 43 43.7 32.3-55.9
Some College + 148 111 78.8 70.2-85.4 37 21.2 14.6-29.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 103 58.5 48.2-68.2 56 41.5 31.8-51.8
$50,000+ 76 62 86.2 76.6-92.3 14 13.8 7.7-23.4

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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