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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Prostate Cancer Screening--WHITE Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 1,297 996 74.5 70.6-78.0 301 25.5 22.0-29.4
AGE
40-44 204 130 66.6 57.3-74.7 74 33.4 25.3-42.7
45-54 406 292 69.5 62.1-76.0 114 30.5 24.0-37.9
55-64 291 242 82.5 75.7-87.7 49 17.5 12.3-24.3
65-74 245 209 84.1 76.3-89.7 36 15.9 10.3-23.7
75+ 151 123 71.1 53.7-83.9 28 28.9 16.1-46.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 192 132 68.9 59.4-77.1 60 31.1 22.9-40.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 370 269 69.2 61.2-76.1 101 30.8 23.9-38.8
Some Post-H.S. 246 184 76.7 67.6-83.9 62 23.3 16.1-32.4
College Graduate 487 410 81.3 75.2-86.1 77 18.7 13.9-24.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 88 60 59.0 37.9-77.1 28 41.0 22.9-62.1
$15,000- 24,999 161 110 65.5 55.3-74.5 51 34.5 25.5-44.7
$25,000- 34,999 139 102 76.6 66.5-84.4 37 23.4 15.6-33.5
$35,000- 49,999 208 163 74.1 63.0-82.8 45 25.9 17.2-37.0
$50,000-74,999 159 133 85.2 76.1-91.2 26 14.8 8.8-23.9
$75,000+ 268 226 79.1 70.8-85.6 42 20.9 14.4-29.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 92 68 73.3 62.2-82.0 24 26.7 18.0-37.8
Forsyth 84 65 79.4 68.9-87.0 19 20.6 13.0-31.1
Guilford 65 52 80.3 67.0-89.2 13 19.7 10.8-33.0
Henderson/Transylvania 134 99 69.1 58.7-77.9 35 30.9 22.1-41.3
Mecklenburg 59 46 72.3 57.4-83.6 13 27.7 16.4-42.6
Orange 89 81 91.3 82.3-96.0 8 8.7 4.0-17.7
Pitt 50 43 86.0 72.3-93.6 7 14.0 6.4-27.7
Randolph 108 81 75.7 65.9-83.4 27 24.3 16.6-34.1
Robeson 52 36 68.7 52.8-81.1 16 31.3 18.9-47.2
Wake 78 60 73.7 61.7-83.0 18 26.3 17.0-38.3
Western NC 180 142 77.6 70.0-83.7 38 22.4 16.3-30.0
Piedmont NC 178 129 69.8 60.2-78.0 49 30.2 22.0-39.8
Eastern NC 128 94 77.1 68.3-84.0 34 22.9 16.0-31.7

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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, 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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