BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	113	85	72.1	61.3-80.9	28	27.9	19.1-38.7
GENDER
Male	113	85	72.1	61.3-80.9	28	27.9	19.1-38.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	102	75	69.7	58.2-79.2	27	30.3	20.8-41.8
Other	11	10	94.3	67.5-99.3	1	5.7	0.7-32.5
AGE
18-44	24	13	48.5	28.1-69.5	11	51.5	30.5-71.9
45+	89	72	78.3	66.0-87.0	17	21.7	13.0-34.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	60	47	78.1	64.2-87.7	13	21.9	12.3-35.8
Some College +	53	38	66.4	50.0-79.6	15	33.6	20.4-50.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	62	51	80.1	65.3-89.6	11	19.9	10.4-34.7
$50,000+	28	17	56.2	34.9-75.5	11	43.8	24.5-65.1

* 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: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	113	85	72.1	61.3-80.9	28	27.9	19.1-38.7
GENDER
Male	113	85	72.1	61.3-80.9	28	27.9	19.1-38.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	102	75	69.7	58.2-79.2	27	30.3	20.8-41.8
Other	11	10	94.3	67.5-99.3	1	5.7	0.7-32.5
AGE
18-44	24	13	48.5	28.1-69.5	11	51.5	30.5-71.9
45+	89	72	78.3	66.0-87.0	17	21.7	13.0-34.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	60	47	78.1	64.2-87.7	13	21.9	12.3-35.8
Some College +	53	38	66.4	50.0-79.6	15	33.6	20.4-50.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	62	51	80.1	65.3-89.6	11	19.9	10.4-34.7
$50,000+	28	17	56.2	34.9-75.5	11	43.8	24.5-65.1