Table 2.

Age Categories and Frequencies (%) of Those with Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing*

Αge Category (years)
50–5455–5960–6465–6970–7475–7980–8485–89≥90
Total195236183138161111823211
Screened during the past year (n [%])152 (78)188 (80)134 (73)106 (77)125 (78)81 (73)62 (76)24 (75)9 (82)
Screened during the past 2 years (n [%])178 (91)222 (94)168 (92)131 (95)146 (91)100 (91)77 (94)29 (91)10 (91)
Screened during the past 5 years (n [%])194 (100)235 (100)183 (100)135 (98)160 (99)110 (99)81 (99)32 (100)11 (100)
  • * χ2 testing for trend after stratifying by practice is 2.04 with 2-sided P = .15 for 1 year; 0.73 with P = .39 for 2 years; and 0.29 with P = .59 for 5 years. Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole percent.