BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (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?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	3,708	2,748	74.2	72.4-75.9	960	25.8	24.1-27.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	99	69	70.5	58.0-80.6	30	29.5	19.4-42.0
GENDER
Male	99	69	70.5	58.0-80.6	30	29.5	19.4-42.0
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	88	63	73.0	61.7-82.0	25	27.0	18.0-38.3
Other	11	6	61.0	22.4-89.4	5	39.0	10.6-77.6
AGE
18-44	16	8	55.4	29.8-78.5	8	44.6	21.5-70.2
45+	83	61	73.0	58.9-83.6	22	27.0	16.4-41.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	58	37	66.0	49.0-79.7	21	34.0	20.3-51.0
Some College +	41	32	79.6	62.9-90.0	9	20.4	10.0-37.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	48	71.0	54.6-83.2	19	29.0	16.8-45.4
$50,000+	16	13	84.6	59.7-95.3	3	15.4	4.7-40.3

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

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,708	2,748	74.2	72.4-75.9	960	25.8	24.1-27.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	99	69	70.5	58.0-80.6	30	29.5	19.4-42.0
GENDER
Male	99	69	70.5	58.0-80.6	30	29.5	19.4-42.0
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	88	63	73.0	61.7-82.0	25	27.0	18.0-38.3
Other	11	6	61.0	22.4-89.4	5	39.0	10.6-77.6
AGE
18-44	16	8	55.4	29.8-78.5	8	44.6	21.5-70.2
45+	83	61	73.0	58.9-83.6	22	27.0	16.4-41.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	58	37	66.0	49.0-79.7	21	34.0	20.3-51.0
Some College +	41	32	79.6	62.9-90.0	9	20.4	10.0-37.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	48	71.0	54.6-83.2	19	29.0	16.8-45.4
$50,000+	16	13	84.6	59.7-95.3	3	15.4	4.7-40.3