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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Prostate Cancer Screening--WHITE Respondents Only

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 1,285 630 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
AGE
40-44 204 60 29.3 21.3-38.8 25 15.2 8.5-25.7 15 6.1 3.1-11.7 30 15.9 9.2-26.2 74 33.4 25.3-42.7
45-54 406 176 43.6 36.5-50.9 48 11.4 7.4-17.1 21 4.3 2.5- 7.2 47 10.3 6.9-15.1 114 30.5 24.0-37.9
55-64 285 161 56.9 48.9-64.7 40 12.8 8.5-18.9 14 4.8 2.5- 9.1 21 7.7 4.2-13.5 49 17.7 12.4-24.6
65-74 243 152 62.6 53.6-70.8 28 10.0 5.6-17.3 8 3.9 1.7- 8.8 19 7.3 4.0-12.9 36 16.1 10.4-24.0
75+ 147 81 45.7 32.8-59.1 18 8.6 3.9-17.9 9 5.8 2.4-13.4 11 10.2 4.5-21.5 28 29.8 16.6-47.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 184 71 39.6 30.0-49.9 20 13.3 6.8-24.3 11 6.6 3.2-13.0 22 8.7 4.9-14.9 60 31.9 23.5-41.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 368 177 43.8 36.5-51.5 45 10.4 6.8-15.5 15 4.5 2.4- 8.4 30 10.3 5.9-17.4 101 31.0 24.0-38.9
Some Post-H.S. 244 112 45.3 36.6-54.2 29 14.9 8.8-24.2 12 3.3 1.6- 6.6 29 12.9 8.4-19.4 62 23.6 16.3-32.7
College Graduate 487 269 55.7 49.1-62.1 65 11.0 7.7-15.5 29 5.3 3.4- 8.2 47 9.2 6.2-13.6 77 18.7 13.9-24.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 83 29 29.4 16.8-46.1 7 5.9 1.8-17.9 2 1.9 0.4- 9.1 17 19.5 9.5-35.9 28 43.2 24.3-64.3
$15,000- 24,999 159 66 40.8 31.1-51.3 15 5.8 2.9-11.6 8 7.6 3.5-15.6 19 10.6 6.2-17.6 51 35.1 26.0-45.5
$25,000- 34,999 138 59 40.4 29.0-53.0 17 17.7 8.9-32.2 8 4.2 1.5-10.9 17 14.2 6.3-29.0 37 23.4 15.6-33.6
$35,000- 49,999 208 101 44.8 35.2-54.9 26 12.0 6.8-20.5 13 5.5 2.8-10.4 23 11.8 6.2-21.4 45 25.9 17.2-37.0
$50,000-74,999 159 90 55.3 43.8-66.2 16 12.3 5.7-24.6 11 5.0 2.2-11.2 16 12.5 6.7-22.1 26 14.8 8.8-23.9
$75,000+ 268 158 59.2 50.7-67.2 36 9.5 6.1-14.4 14 5.0 2.8- 9.0 18 5.5 2.8-10.4 42 20.9 14.4-29.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 92 42 40.9 30.4-52.3 13 14.2 8.1-23.8 2 2.4 0.6- 9.2 11 15.8 7.8-29.2 24 26.7 18.0-37.8
Forsyth 83 41 55.1 43.1-66.5 11 11.4 5.8-21.2 8 8.4 4.1-16.3 4 4.3 1.4-12.3 19 20.8 13.1-31.4
Guilford 64 29 51.7 38.4-64.9 6 6.6 2.9-14.6 4 6.4 2.1-18.1 12 15.5 8.6-26.3 13 19.8 10.9-33.2
Henderson/Transylvania 132 62 43.4 34.1-53.3 17 10.9 6.5-17.7 10 9.1 4.8-16.7 8 5.2 2.5-10.6 35 31.4 22.5-41.9
Mecklenburg 58 32 52.4 38.3-66.0 5 6.4 2.5-15.7 2 3.4 0.8-13.6 6 9.6 4.1-20.6 13 28.2 16.8-43.4
Orange 89 58 67.1 55.5-76.9 11 13.5 6.9-24.8 4 3.0 1.1- 8.0 8 7.7 3.7-15.1 8 8.7 4.0-17.7
Pitt 48 25 53.8 38.3-68.6 8 17.3 8.2-32.7 1 2.2 0.3-13.9 7 12.5 5.6-25.8 7 14.2 6.5-28.3
Randolph 108 47 40.8 31.3-51.2 17 18.6 11.2-29.1 4 3.3 1.2- 8.5 13 13.0 7.4-22.0 27 24.3 16.6-34.1
Robeson 51 27 55.0 39.2-69.8 6 9.9 4.0-22.6 1 1.8 0.2-11.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 16 32.4 19.6-48.5
Wake 78 37 43.0 31.9-54.9 12 16.9 9.3-28.6 5 6.8 2.8-15.4 6 7.0 2.8-16.3 18 26.3 17.0-38.3
Western NC 179 80 42.2 34.4-50.4 23 13.3 8.7-19.8 14 8.6 5.0-14.5 24 13.3 8.4-20.4 38 22.6 16.4-30.1
Piedmont NC 176 86 45.2 36.4-54.3 19 12.5 7.5-20.1 4 2.0 0.7- 5.5 18 9.8 5.5-16.9 49 30.5 22.3-40.2
Eastern NC 127 64 52.2 42.3-61.9 11 9.6 4.5-19.0 8 5.4 2.5-11.0 10 9.9 5.1-18.4 34 23.0 16.1-31.8

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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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