BRFSS 2001 - Guilford County: (A digital rectal exam is an exam in which a doctor, nurse, or other health professional places a gloved finger into the rectum to feel the size, shape, and hardness of the prostate gland. Have you ever had a digital rectal exam?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Guilford County

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	Total Respond.#	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,365	1,012	71.6	67.8-75.1	353	28.4	24.9-32.2
Guilford County	90	68	75.2	64.0-83.7	22	24.8	16.3-36.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	98	63	64.3	53.5-73.8	35	35.7	26.2-46.5
Cumberland	81	65	82.9	72.7-89.8	16	17.1	10.2-27.3
Durham	70	59	88.0	77.9-93.9	11	12.0	6.1-22.1
Forsyth	115	91	74.9	64.8-82.9	24	25.1	17.1-35.2
Gaston	112	76	67.8	57.9-76.3	36	32.2	23.7-42.1
Mecklenburg	87	67	75.7	64.6-84.1	20	24.3	15.9-35.4
New Hanover	101	79	78.0	68.1-85.5	22	22.0	14.5-31.9
Onslow	85	63	71.9	59.5-81.6	22	28.1	18.4-40.5
Wake	77	53	67.8	55.3-78.2	24	32.2	21.8-44.7
Western NC	166	121	71.5	63.2-78.6	45	28.5	21.4-36.8
Piedmont NC	152	107	66.6	57.0-75.0	45	33.4	25.0-43.0
Eastern NC	131	100	73.4	63.7-81.3	31	26.6	18.7-36.3

Total
Respond.#

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,365

1,012

71.6

67.8-75.1

353

28.4

24.9-32.2

Guilford County

75.2

64.0-83.7

24.8

16.3-36.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

64.3

53.5-73.8

35.7

26.2-46.5

Cumberland

82.9

72.7-89.8

17.1

10.2-27.3

Durham

88.0

77.9-93.9

12.0

6.1-22.1

Forsyth

115

74.9

64.8-82.9

25.1

17.1-35.2

Gaston

112

67.8

57.9-76.3

32.2

23.7-42.1

Mecklenburg

75.7

64.6-84.1

24.3

15.9-35.4

New Hanover

101

78.0

68.1-85.5

22.0

14.5-31.9

Onslow

71.9

59.5-81.6

28.1

18.4-40.5

Wake

67.8

55.3-78.2

32.2

21.8-44.7

Western NC

166

121

71.5

63.2-78.6

28.5

21.4-36.8

Piedmont NC

152

107

66.6

57.0-75.0

33.4

25.0-43.0

Eastern NC

131

100

73.4

63.7-81.3

26.6

18.7-36.3

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Guilford County. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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* This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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