Prostate cancer testing statistics - states compared

SOURCE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

DEFINITION
Men aged 40+ who have had a PSA test within the past two years.

Health Statistics > Prostate cancer testing (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Puerto Rico:

60.8%

# 2

Wyoming:

59.8%

= 3

Georgia:

57.8%

= 3

District of Columbia:

57.8%

# 5

Florida:

57.5%

# 6

North Carolina:

55.3%

# 7

Rhode Island:

54.9%

# 8

South Carolina:

54.5%

# 9

Delaware:

54.4%

# 10

Arizona:

54.3%

# 11

New Jersey:

54.2%

= 12

Maryland:

53.8%

= 12

Montana:

53.8%

# 14

Michigan:

53.7%

# 15

New York:

53.5%

# 16

Kansas:

53.4%

= 17

Louisiana:

53.1%

= 17

Ohio:

53.1%

= 17

US Virgin Islands:

53.1%

= 17

South Dakota:

53.1%

# 21

Mississippi:

53%

# 22

Virginia:

52.9%

# 23

Alabama:

52.6%

# 24

Connecticut:

52.5%

# 25

West Virginia:

52.3%

# 26

Iowa:

52.2%

# 27

Tennessee:

51.9%

# 28

California:

51.5%

# 29

Massachusetts:

50.9%

# 30

Nebraska:

50.7%

# 31

Oklahoma:

50.2%

# 32

Colorado:

49.9%

# 33

Illinois:

49.7%

= 34

Pennsylvania:

49.4%

= 34

Texas:

49.4%

# 36

New Mexico:

49%

# 37

Indiana:

48.9%

# 38

Missouri:

48.5%

# 39

Arkansas:

48.1%

# 40

Kentucky:

48%

# 41

Idaho:

47.8%

# 42

Nevada:

47.7%

# 43

New Hampshire:

47.5%

# 44

Oregon:

47%

# 45

Utah:

46.1%

# 46

Wisconsin:

45.9%

# 47

Alaska:

45.5%

# 48

North Dakota:

45.4%

# 49

Washington:

45.2%

# 50

Minnesota:

44.8%

= 51

Maine:

44.5%

= 51

Vermont:

44.5%

Weighted average:

51.3%

DEFINITION: Men aged 40+ who have had a PSA test within the past two years.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004. via StateMaster

Health Statistics > Prostate cancer testing (most recent) by state

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