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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 173 124 70.7 60.9-78.8 49 29.3 21.2-39.1
RACE
White 159 118 73.0 63.0-81.1 41 27.0 18.9-37.0
Other 14 6 40.6 14.3-73.7 8 59.4 26.3-85.7
AGE
18-44 9 5 43.5 15.2-76.7 4 56.5 23.3-84.8
45+ 164 119 73.7 64.1-81.5 45 26.3 18.5-35.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 55 56.9 42.2-70.4 29 43.1 29.6-57.8
Some College + 88 68 82.3 70.9-89.9 20 17.7 10.1-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 113 74 59.1 46.7-70.5 39 40.9 29.5-53.3
$50,000+ 42 37 92.8 80.4-97.6 5 7.2 2.4-19.6

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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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