2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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, Disadvantages or Both of the PSA test?*

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Respond.^
Advantages Disdvantages Both Advantages and Disadvantages Neither
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 830 66 8.2 6.1-10.9 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 299 34.4 30.7-38.2 463 57.3 53.3-61.2
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 145 14 9.8 5.0-18.3 *** *** *** 52 34.7 26.2-44.3 79 55.5 45.7-64.9
Region 3 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 150 *** *** *** *** *** *** 50 27.5 20.5-35.7 94 68.2 59.5-75.8
Region 5 118 *** *** *** *** *** *** 52 45.0 35.2-55.3 58 48.0 38.1-58.1
Region 6 44 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 145 12 11.4 6.2-19.9 *** *** *** 61 41.3 32.4-50.7 71 47.1 37.9-56.5
Region 8 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 9 & 10 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 220 22 10.1 6.0-16.4 *** *** *** 78 32.0 25.4-39.4 120 57.9 50.2-65.3
Piedmont 430 27 7.6 5.0-11.3 *** *** *** 162 35.9 30.9-41.2 240 56.5 51.1-61.8
Western NC 180 17 8.3 4.4-15.1 *** *** *** 59 31.2 23.9-39.6 103 60.2 51.3-68.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 121 14 12.6 6.4-23.3 *** *** *** 41 30.3 21.8-40.3 *** *** ***
Northwest 140 *** *** *** *** *** *** 47 31.4 23.4-40.8 85 62.3 52.5-71.2
Charlotte 115 *** *** *** *** *** *** 38 26.0 18.6-35.1 71 67.2 57.1-76.0
Greensboro 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southern Regional 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southeast 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 165 12 9.6 5.2-17.0 *** *** *** 70 41.1 32.7-50.0 82 49.2 40.4-58.0
Area L & Eastern 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 145 14 9.8 5.0-18.3 *** *** *** 52 34.7 26.2-44.3 79 55.5 45.7-64.9
Region 2 132 12 9.5 4.8-18.0 *** *** *** 45 36.3 27.3-46.4 74 53.9 43.9-63.6
Region 3 152 *** *** *** *** *** *** 50 26.3 19.5-34.4 95 67.8 59.0-75.5
Region 4 203 14 8.6 4.9-14.7 *** *** *** 89 44.2 36.5-52.3 99 47.0 39.2-54.9
Region 5 104 *** *** *** *** *** *** 32 26.5 18.2-36.9 *** *** ***
Region 6 94 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*This question was asked of those who reported having a PSA test.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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