2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Prostate Cancer Screening (Males, Age 40+)

A Prostate-Specific Antigen test, also called a PSA test, is a blood test used to check men for prostate cancer.

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER talked with you about the advantages of the PSA test?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,418 775 49.7 46.4-53.0 643 50.3 47.0-53.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,269 738 52.9 49.4-56.4 531 47.1 43.6-50.6
No 149 37 23.5 15.8-33.5 112 76.5 66.5-84.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 296 169 54.3 47.1-61.4 127 45.7 38.6-52.9
Overweight 603 335 48.8 43.8-53.8 268 51.2 46.2-56.2
Obese 466 249 49.2 43.4-55.0 217 50.8 45.0-56.6
Current Smoker
Yes 231 97 36.2 28.6-44.7 134 63.8 55.3-71.4
No 1,174 670 52.8 49.2-56.4 504 47.2 43.6-50.8
History of CVD**
Yes 297 184 60.9 53.6-67.8 113 39.1 32.2-46.4
No 1,116 586 47.1 43.4-50.8 530 52.9 49.2-56.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 168 67 34.9 26.6-44.1 101 65.1 55.9-73.4
No 1,168 662 51.8 48.2-55.5 506 48.2 44.5-51.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,257 701 51.3 47.8-54.8 556 48.7 45.2-52.2
COPD
Yes 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,283 700 49.6 46.1-53.1 583 50.4 46.9-53.9
Current Asthma
Yes 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,339 730 49.9 46.4-53.3 609 50.1 46.7-53.6
Diabetes
Yes 275 158 54.8 46.8-62.6 117 45.2 37.4-53.2
No 1,145 617 48.5 44.8-52.1 528 51.5 47.9-55.2
Functional Disability
Yes 486 268 50.4 44.6-56.1 218 49.6 43.9-55.4
No 928 506 49.5 45.5-53.6 422 50.5 46.4-54.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 560 354 61.0 55.6-66.2 206 39.0 33.8-44.4
No 860 421 43.6 39.5-47.8 439 56.4 52.2-60.5

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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