2018 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 1,403 710 45.2 42.0-48.6 693 54.8 51.4-58.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,256 673 47.9 44.5-51.4 583 52.1 48.6-55.5
No 147 36 22.3 14.5-32.6 111 77.7 67.4-85.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 292 150 46.6 39.5-53.9 142 53.4 46.1-60.5
Overweight 596 298 43.6 38.7-48.6 298 56.4 51.4-61.3
Obese 464 248 48.6 42.7-54.5 216 51.4 45.5-57.3
Current Smoker
Yes 225 84 31.5 24.4-39.5 141 68.5 60.5-75.6
No 1,165 618 48.2 44.5-51.8 547 51.8 48.2-55.5
History of CVD**
Yes 289 177 61.0 53.4-68.1 112 39.0 31.9-46.6
No 1,109 530 41.6 38.1-45.3 579 58.4 54.7-61.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 168 64 32.5 24.6-41.5 104 67.5 58.5-75.4
No 1,153 604 47.6 43.9-51.2 549 52.4 48.8-56.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,243 640 46.4 42.9-50.0 603 53.6 50.0-57.1
COPD
Yes 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,270 644 45.2 41.7-48.7 626 54.8 51.3-58.3
Current Asthma
Yes 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,326 665 45.0 41.6-48.4 661 55.0 51.6-58.4
Diabetes
Yes 275 158 55.8 47.6-63.6 117 44.2 36.4-52.4
No 1,130 552 42.7 39.1-46.3 578 57.3 53.7-60.9
Functional Disability
Yes 475 265 51.1 45.1-57.1 210 48.9 42.9-54.9
No 924 444 42.6 38.7-46.6 480 57.4 53.4-61.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 551 340 60.2 54.7-65.5 211 39.8 34.5-45.3
No 854 370 37.3 33.4-41.3 484 62.7 58.7-66.6

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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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