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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Prostate Cancer Screening

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?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 51,212 38,876 76.3 75.7-77.0 12,336 23.7 23.0-24.3
Alabama 644 496 77.2 73.5-80.5 148 22.8 19.5-26.5
Alaska 811 639 83.2 79.7-86.3 172 16.8 13.7-20.3
Arizona 805 631 76.3 71.8-80.3 174 23.7 19.7-28.2
Arkansas 698 532 76.6 73.1-79.9 166 23.4 20.1-26.9
California 930 754 75.8 72.0-79.3 176 24.2 20.7-28.0
Colorado 457 371 81.9 77.7-85.5 86 18.1 14.5-22.3
Connecticut 1,951 1,604 81.3 79.1-83.4 347 18.7 16.6-20.9
Delaware 839 650 77.4 73.7-80.7 189 22.6 19.3-26.3
District of Colum 422 353 81.3 76.4-85.4 69 18.7 14.6-23.6
Florida 1,163 888 75.5 72.3-78.5 275 24.5 21.5-27.7
Georgia 964 771 81.4 78.1-84.2 193 18.6 15.8-21.9
Hawaii 1,217 719 60.1 56.3-63.7 498 39.9 36.3-43.7
Idaho 1,243 975 79.5 76.8-82.0 268 20.5 18.0-23.2
Illinois 489 361 70.8 65.7-75.4 128 29.2 24.6-34.3
Indiana 934 725 78.2 75.3-80.9 209 21.8 19.1-24.7
Iowa 884 695 79.2 76.1-82.0 189 20.8 18.0-23.9
Kansas 1,077 802 74.6 71.7-77.3 275 25.4 22.7-28.3
Kentucky 1,807 1,020 59.3 56.1-62.4 787 40.7 37.6-43.9
Louisiana 1,016 675 64.9 61.6-68.1 341 35.1 31.9-38.4
Maine 676 551 81.4 78.0-84.4 125 18.6 15.6-22.0
Maryland 1,127 967 85.9 83.2-88.3 160 14.1 11.7-16.8
Massachusetts 1,950 1,622 84.8 83.0-86.5 328 15.2 13.5-17.0
Michigan 936 755 80.0 77.0-82.7 181 20.0 17.3-23.0
Minnesota 1,058 872 82.2 79.4-84.7 186 17.8 15.3-20.6
Mississippi 676 504 73.7 69.8-77.2 172 26.3 22.8-30.2
Missouri 1,000 717 74.9 71.3-78.2 283 25.1 21.8-28.7
Montana 975 684 70.2 66.2-73.9 291 29.8 26.1-33.8
Nebraska 863 512 58.7 55.0-62.2 351 41.3 37.8-45.0
Nevada 808 656 79.0 74.7-82.8 152 21.0 17.2-25.3
New Hampshire 1,054 898 85.3 82.8-87.5 156 14.7 12.5-17.2
New Jersey 1,376 1,012 73.3 70.1-76.3 364 26.7 23.7-29.9
New Mexico 950 681 71.9 68.5-75.1 269 28.1 24.9-31.5
New York 932 720 75.9 72.4-79.0 212 24.1 21.0-27.6
North Carolina 1,365 1,012 71.6 67.8-75.1 353 28.4 24.9-32.2
North Dakota 616 473 78.2 74.6-81.4 143 21.8 18.6-25.4
Ohio 792 613 79.1 75.8-82.0 179 20.9 18.0-24.2
Oklahoma 1,133 795 68.7 64.8-72.4 338 31.3 27.6-35.2
Oregon 636 528 81.6 78.0-84.7 108 18.4 15.3-22.0
Pennsylvania 930 719 77.9 74.8-80.7 211 22.1 19.3-25.2
Rhode Island 928 772 82.2 79.2-84.9 156 17.8 15.1-20.8
South Carolina 708 576 81.7 78.4-84.6 132 18.3 15.4-21.6
South Dakota 1,444 1,047 71.9 69.2-74.3 397 28.1 25.7-30.8
Tennessee 555 383 70.3 65.7-74.4 172 29.7 25.6-34.3
Texas 1,372 1,025 72.7 70.0-75.3 347 27.3 24.7-30.0
Utah 918 744 81.3 77.7-84.4 174 18.7 15.6-22.3
Vermont 1,131 889 79.4 76.7-81.8 242 20.6 18.2-23.3
Virginia 741 594 79.4 76.0-82.4 147 20.6 17.6-24.0
Washington 1,032 866 84.8 82.2-87.0 166 15.2 13.0-17.8
West Virginia 817 589 72.3 68.9-75.5 228 27.7 24.5-31.1
Wisconsin 827 687 83.8 80.8-86.4 140 16.2 13.6-19.2
Wyoming 852 675 78.7 75.6-81.6 177 21.3 18.4-24.4
Guam 183 94 48.7 40.4-57.1 89 51.3 42.9-59.6
Puerto Rico 996 633 63.1 59.1-66.9 363 36.9 33.1-40.9
Virgin Islands 504 350 69.5 64.3-74.3 154 30.5 25.7-35.7

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* 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.

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