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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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
-Northeast Partnership I 121 89 74.4 64.9-82.1 32 25.6 17.9-35.1
RACE
White 66 48 73.2 59.4-83.6 18 26.8 16.4-40.6
Other 55 41 75.6 61.5-85.8 14 24.4 14.2-38.5
AGE
18-44 12 3 33.8 11.6-66.5 9 66.2 33.5-88.4
45+ 109 86 80.4 70.9-87.4 23 19.6 12.6-29.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 77 54 69.6 57.0-79.8 23 30.4 20.2-43.0
Some College + 44 35 84.1 70.0-92.3 9 15.9 7.7-30.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 54 72.2 60.3-81.5 25 27.8 18.5-39.7
$50,000+ 23 18 78.8 56.0-91.5 5 21.2 8.5-44.0

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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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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