2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Prostate Cancer Screening (Males, Age 40+)

Male respondents aged 40+ that have had a PSA test in the past 2 years.*
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,532 620 37.4 34.5-40.4 912 62.6 59.6-65.5
Medicaid Region 5 366 151 41.9 35.6-48.6 215 58.1 51.4-64.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 222 93 41.4 33.5-49.7 129 58.6 50.3-66.5
Non-Hispanic Black 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 169 51 34.8 26.3-44.5 118 65.2 55.5-73.7
65+ 163 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 181 80 42.3 34.1-50.9 101 57.7 49.1-65.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Male respondents age 40+ who never had a PSA test are included in the NO category.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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