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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Prostate Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last digital rectal exam?*

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  Total
Respond.#
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,629 781 46.7 43.1-50.3 191 11.3 9.2-13.9 82 5.0 3.8- 6.6 162 10.2 8.2-12.6 413 26.8 23.7-30.3
RACE
White 1,285 630 47.3 43.3-51.3 159 11.9 9.4-15.0 67 4.8 3.6- 6.5 128 10.2 7.9-13.0 301 25.7 22.2-29.6
African American 224 101 46.5 37.5-55.7 24 8.9 5.3-14.6 9 5.1 2.4-10.6 22 11.8 7.0-19.3 68 27.7 20.3-36.5
Asian 20 11 73.7 44.8-90.6 1 9.0 1.2-44.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 17.3 6.3-39.5
Native American 46 22 54.8 31.9-75.8 3 16.5 3.2-54.0 3 1.8 0.5- 6.2 6 9.3 2.8-27.0 12 17.6 8.0-34.3
Other Minorities 45 13 23.2 11.6-40.9 3 6.5 1.7-21.5 2 10.7 2.7-33.6 6 5.7 1.9-16.0 21 54.0 35.1-71.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 45 11 21.0 9.3-40.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.1 1.7-30.9 5 5.0 1.6-14.2 27 65.9 45.4-81.8
-English Speaking 25 9 49.0 24.9-73.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.1 0.7-28.9 5 12.8 4.1-33.2 10 33.2 15.2-57.9
-Spanish Speaking 20 2 3.3 0.6-15.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.1 1.4-46.7 0 0.0 . - . 17 86.6 55.2-97.1
Non-Hispanic 1,582 768 47.4 43.8-51.0 191 11.6 9.4-14.3 80 4.9 3.7- 6.5 157 10.3 8.3-12.9 386 25.7 22.6-29.1
AGE
40-44 282 82 29.5 22.5-37.5 29 12.4 7.2-20.5 18 6.1 3.3-10.8 39 14.7 9.1-22.7 114 37.4 29.9-45.6
45-54 522 223 42.1 36.0-48.5 63 11.1 7.8-15.7 28 5.4 3.4- 8.6 60 11.0 7.7-15.3 148 30.3 24.7-36.7
55-64 361 199 56.1 48.8-63.1 47 13.0 8.8-18.8 18 4.5 2.5- 8.0 26 7.2 4.2-12.0 71 19.3 14.3-25.5
65-74 287 180 65.8 57.6-73.1 31 9.0 5.2-15.1 9 3.5 1.6- 7.4 23 7.3 4.2-12.6 44 14.5 9.6-21.2
75+ 177 97 45.5 34.0-57.4 21 9.0 4.6-17.1 9 4.9 2.0-11.4 14 10.1 4.9-19.7 36 30.5 18.7-45.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 284 111 39.2 31.3-47.7 29 11.1 6.4-18.5 18 7.5 4.2-13.0 30 9.4 5.9-14.4 96 32.8 25.5-41.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 461 219 43.7 37.1-50.5 54 10.5 7.1-15.2 18 4.4 2.5- 7.7 36 9.4 5.6-15.3 134 32.0 25.8-38.9
Some Post-H.S. 319 148 46.5 38.7-54.4 37 14.1 9.0-21.5 13 3.2 1.6- 6.3 41 13.2 9.1-18.9 80 23.0 16.7-30.8
College Graduate 560 300 54.9 48.8-60.9 71 10.4 7.4-14.3 33 5.3 3.5- 8.0 55 9.5 6.3-13.9 101 19.9 15.4-25.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 132 51 40.7 27.6-55.2 9 4.4 1.6-11.7 4 1.6 0.5- 5.5 23 18.5 10.5-30.6 45 34.8 21.1-51.6
$15,000- 24,999 240 101 38.3 30.2-47.0 21 7.0 3.7-13.0 12 8.0 4.2-14.7 27 9.2 5.8-14.3 79 37.5 29.3-46.6
$25,000- 34,999 179 79 44.0 33.6-54.9 20 14.7 7.6-26.4 8 3.2 1.2- 8.5 21 12.8 6.3-24.5 51 25.3 17.9-34.5
$35,000- 49,999 245 116 44.0 35.1-53.3 30 10.8 6.3-18.1 16 6.4 3.6-11.3 26 12.7 7.1-21.7 57 26.1 18.1-36.0
$50,000-74,999 185 99 52.2 41.8-62.5 22 14.2 7.6-24.9 12 5.5 2.6-11.6 19 13.6 7.8-22.6 33 14.6 9.0-22.7
$75,000+ 303 177 59.2 51.3-66.7 39 9.3 6.2-14.0 19 6.1 3.5-10.5 20 5.2 2.8- 9.7 48 20.0 14.1-27.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 109 48 39.8 30.2-50.3 14 12.4 7.1-20.7 2 2.1 0.5- 8.0 14 15.0 7.9-26.7 31 30.8 21.9-41.3
Forsyth 114 60 57.6 47.3-67.2 14 10.0 5.5-17.5 8 6.2 3.0-12.2 5 4.7 1.8-11.8 27 21.5 14.6-30.6
Guilford 94 41 45.9 35.0-57.2 9 7.3 3.6-14.0 6 7.0 2.8-16.2 19 19.1 12.1-29.0 19 20.7 12.4-32.5
Henderson/Transylvania 137 63 43.0 33.8-52.7 17 10.3 6.1-16.8 10 8.6 4.5-15.9 9 5.5 2.7-10.6 38 32.6 23.8-42.9
Mecklenburg 92 44 44.4 33.8-55.6 10 10.4 5.4-19.2 2 2.1 0.5- 8.4 9 9.1 4.6-17.3 27 34.0 24.1-45.5
Orange 107 63 61.2 50.6-70.7 13 12.9 6.9-22.7 5 3.7 1.5- 9.0 8 6.5 3.1-12.8 18 15.8 9.6-24.8
Pitt 75 37 46.8 34.2-59.9 10 14.5 7.5-26.1 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 11 11.1 5.8-20.2 16 26.3 15.4-41.2
Randolph 117 54 42.8 33.3-52.7 18 18.0 11.0-28.1 4 3.1 1.2- 8.1 13 12.3 7.0-20.9 28 23.8 16.4-33.2
Robeson 110 51 45.1 34.4-56.2 10 7.0 3.5-13.5 5 3.3 1.3- 8.1 7 8.6 2.8-23.4 37 36.0 26.1-47.3
Wake 99 48 43.7 33.4-54.6 14 14.9 8.6-24.6 5 5.2 2.1-12.0 7 9.2 3.6-21.6 25 27.0 18.4-37.7
Western NC 195 85 40.8 33.4-48.6 26 14.1 9.5-20.4 15 8.2 4.8-13.6 24 12.3 7.7-18.9 45 24.6 18.5-32.0
Piedmont NC 206 100 46.0 37.9-54.4 22 12.1 7.5-18.8 7 3.2 1.5- 6.9 20 9.0 5.2-15.1 57 29.8 22.3-38.5
Eastern NC 174 87 51.6 43.2-60.0 14 8.3 4.3-15.6 12 6.2 3.4-10.9 16 10.2 6.1-16.8 45 23.6 17.3-31.4

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* This question was asked only of only male respondents and reported having a DRE and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

#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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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