2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Prostate Cancer Screening (Males, Age 40+)

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER recommended that you have a PSA test?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,096 1,235 53.4 50.9-55.9 861 46.6 44.1-49.1
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,555 961 55.3 52.3-58.2 594 44.7 41.8-47.7
Non-Hispanic Black 335 194 55.7 49.5-61.7 141 44.3 38.3-50.5
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 94 35 31.8 22.5-42.9 59 68.2 57.1-77.5
AGE
40-44 226 41 18.3 13.3-24.7 185 81.7 75.3-86.7
45-54 436 195 45.1 39.9-50.3 241 54.9 49.7-60.1
55-64 622 378 61.3 56.9-65.5 244 38.7 34.5-43.1
65-74 493 386 77.6 72.9-81.6 107 22.4 18.4-27.1
75+ 288 219 74.4 68.1-79.8 69 25.6 20.2-31.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 286 135 47.1 40.5-53.8 151 52.9 46.2-59.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 544 270 46.9 42.2-51.7 274 53.1 48.3-57.8
Some Post-H.S. 512 317 56.9 51.9-61.8 195 43.1 38.2-48.1
College Graduate 746 508 60.5 56.2-64.5 238 39.5 35.5-43.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 189 70 37.7 30.1-45.9 119 62.3 54.1-69.9
$15,000- 24,999 308 154 49.5 42.8-56.2 154 50.5 43.8-57.2
$25,000- 34,999 187 105 51.4 43.0-59.7 82 48.6 40.3-57.0
$35,000- 49,999 247 157 56.3 48.8-63.5 90 43.7 36.5-51.2
$50,000-74,999 258 162 54.8 47.5-61.9 96 45.2 38.1-52.5
$75,000+ 573 373 56.9 51.9-61.7 200 43.1 38.3-48.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 635 375 55.3 50.6-59.8 260 44.7 40.2-49.4
No 1,445 853 52.7 49.7-55.7 592 47.3 44.3-50.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 701 491 66.9 62.5-71.0 210 33.1 29.0-37.5
Non-Veteran 1,393 742 47.8 44.8-50.9 651 52.2 49.1-55.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,177 692 54.5 51.0-57.8 485 45.5 42.2-49.0
No 919 543 52.2 48.4-55.9 376 47.8 44.1-51.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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