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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 141 96 58.6 49.0-67.7 45 41.4 32.3-51.0
RACE
White 101 73 63.8 52.2-74.0 28 36.2 26.0-47.8
Other 39 22 48.5 31.7-65.5 17 51.5 34.5-68.3
AGE
18-44 15 6 30.1 13.1-55.3 9 69.9 44.7-86.9
45+ 126 90 64.7 54.3-73.8 36 35.3 26.2-45.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 75 46 48.4 35.8-61.1 29 51.6 38.9-64.2
Some College + 66 50 72.0 58.2-82.6 16 28.0 17.4-41.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 47 50.4 37.6-63.2 28 49.6 36.8-62.4
$50,000+ 50 38 73.3 57.8-84.6 12 26.7 15.4-42.2

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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.


*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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