During the 2007 State Fair, 1,072 men participated in a free prostate cancer screening where blood was drawn for PSA testing. Of that total, 1,021 men were from ND (95.24 percent); 51 men were from out of state (4.76 percent).
Among the 1,072 participants, 70 showed positive results, including four males from out-of-state. The balance (66) was made up of males from ND. Locally, 26 positives were found among the 448 Minot males who were screened; 40 positives were found among 573 males from ND cities other than Minot. Seventy percent of all males with positive results were between the ages of 48-67. Participants in the screening came from 17 states, two Canadian Provinces and Puerto Rico.
This event was co-sponsored by Trinity Health, U.S. Senator Kent Conrad, and The Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation.
Taken from the
September 2007 HealthTalk
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