Before you had the PSA test did a doctor EVER talk with you about the disadvantages of the PSA test?
(Men aged 40 years old and older)
State of Hawaii BRFSS 2011
 
[A Prostate-Specific Antigen test, also called a PSA test, is a blood test used to check men for prostate cancer.]

Demographic
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 UNK/REF/MISSING
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
 
 N		 Estimated
 number  
of Adults
TOTAL 408  28.3  (25.0-31.7) 893  66.3  (62.7-69.8) 73   5.4  ( 3.9- 7.6) 1,374 140,000
AGE GROUP          
  40-44 Years  -  - -   --  
  45-54 Years  48  25.8  (18.3-34.9) 122  69.6  (60.0-77.7)  7   4.6  ( 1.6-12.7)   177  30,707
  55-64 Years 150  28.2  (23.1-33.9) 313  64.0  (57.9-69.6) 32   7.9  ( 5.0-12.3)   495  44,169
  65+ Years 197  29.0  (24.4-34.0) 433  67.3  (62.1-72.1) 31   3.7  ( 2.2- 6.0)   661  57,036
  Unknown/Refused  -  - -   --  
ETHNICITY          
  White 236  30.7  (26.2-35.7) 478  63.7  (58.5-68.6) 39   5.6  ( 3.3- 9.3)   753  62,752
  Hawaiian  32  42.8  (28.8-58.1)  44  55.3  (40.1-69.6)  2   1.8  ( 0.4- 7.1)    78   8,943
  Filipino  25  18.9  (10.9-30.7)  55  68.4  (54.7-79.6) 11  12.7  ( 5.9-25.2)    91  13,394
  Japanese  77  23.5  (18.1-29.8) 208  72.3  (65.6-78.2) 15   4.2  ( 2.2- 8.0)   300  33,221
  Others  35  28.1  (19.1-39.4) 102  67.9  (56.6-77.4)  6   4.0  ( 1.4-10.7)   143  21,263
  Unknown/Refused  -  - -   --  
MARITAL STATUS          
  Married 266  27.5  (23.8-31.6) 565  67.1  (62.9-71.2) 45   5.3  ( 3.6- 7.8)   876  90,232
  Unmarried 140  29.6  (23.8-36.2) 326  64.8  (58.0-71.1) 27   5.6  ( 2.9-10.5)   493  49,563
  Unknown/Refused  -  - -   --  
EDUCATION          
  <High School  -  - -   --  
  High School  80  28.6  (22.0-36.3) 174  65.5  (57.2-72.9) 11   5.9  ( 2.4-13.9)   265  32,580
  Some College  90  23.5  (18.2-29.8) 241  72.0  (65.4-77.8) 16   4.5  ( 2.4- 8.3)   347  49,357
  College 229  33.6  (29.1-38.5) 459  61.0  (56.1-65.7) 40   5.4  ( 3.6- 8.1)   728  49,179
  Unknown/Refused          
EMPLOYMENT          
  Employed 173  27.1  (22.6-32.2) 408  66.3  (60.8-71.3) 34   6.6  ( 4.1-10.6)   615  70,683
  Unemployed  -  - -   --  
  Student/Homemaker  -  - -   --  
  Retired/Can't work 225  30.9  (26.3-35.9) 458  65.3  (60.2-70.1) 36   3.8  ( 2.4- 5.9)   719  64,154
  Unknown/Refused          
HOUSEHOLD INCOME          
  <$15,000  21  26.3  (13.6-44.7)  47  66.9  (48.8-81.1)  7   6.8  ( 2.7-16.3)    75   5,558
  $15,000-24,999  40  32.6  (21.4-46.1)  82  66.6  (53.1-77.8)  2   0.9  ( 0.2- 3.7)   124  10,930
  $25,000-49,999  90  31.8  (24.8-39.9) 187  63.7  (55.5-71.2) 11   4.4  ( 1.8-10.3)   288  30,377
  $50,000-74,999  77  25.1  (18.9-32.7) 170  68.7  (60.7-75.7) 18   6.2  ( 3.3-11.2)   265  27,532
  >=$75,000 160  27.6  (22.7-33.1) 348  65.8  (59.9-71.2) 30   6.6  ( 3.9-11.0)   538  57,385
  Unknown/Refused  20  25.6  (14.8-40.6)  59  70.8  (56.0-82.2)  5   3.6  ( 1.1-10.5)    84   8,218
COUNTY          
  Honolulu 189  27.3  (23.2-31.8) 422  66.9  (62.0-71.4) 34   5.8  ( 3.7- 9.0)   645  95,492
  Hawaii  76  28.7  (22.1-36.4) 197  68.6  (60.9-75.4) 12   2.7  ( 1.5- 5.0)   285  22,596
  Kauai  50  35.5  (26.3-45.8)  89  60.7  (50.4-70.1)  7   3.8  ( 1.6- 9.0)   146   7,766
  Maui  93  30.2  (22.9-38.5) 185  61.8  (53.4-69.6) 20   8.1  ( 4.4-14.3)   298  14,146

The symbol '--' means cell size less than 50.
N = Cell Sample Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.