BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties: (How long has it been since you had your last digital rectal exam?*)

	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-3 years	> 3 years	Never
North Carolina	3,675	1,751	47.8	45.8-49.8	491	13.7	12.3-15.1	154	4.6	3.7- 5.5	319	8.0	7.0- 9.1	960	26.0	24.3-27.8
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	113	56	47.7	37.5-58.1	13	11.2	6.2-19.3	6	6.1	2.4-14.9	10	7.1	3.6-13.6	28	27.9	19.1-38.7
GENDER
Male	113	56	47.7	37.5-58.1	13	11.2	6.2-19.3	6	6.1	2.4-14.9	10	7.1	3.6-13.6	28	27.9	19.1-38.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	102	51	48.3	37.5-59.2	12	10.5	5.7-18.6	5	5.9	2.1-15.7	7	5.1	2.2-11.1	27	30.3	20.8-41.8
Other	11	5	42.4	15.9-74.0	1	17.0	2.5-62.3	1	8.5	1.1-43.0	3	26.4	7.7-60.5	1	5.7	0.7-32.5
AGE
18-44	24	7	25.4	11.6-46.8	3	13.9	4.1-38.0	2	7.5	1.7-27.4	1	1.7	0.2-11.6	11	51.5	30.5-71.9
45+	89	49	53.6	41.6-65.1	10	10.4	5.3-19.5	4	5.8	1.8-17.0	9	8.5	4.2-16.6	17	21.7	13.0-34.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	60	28	45.5	31.8-60.0	8	16.2	7.9-30.5	4	6.6	2.3-17.9	7	9.8	4.2-20.9	13	21.9	12.3-35.8
Some College +	53	28	49.8	35.0-64.6	5	6.4	2.5-15.4	2	5.6	1.1-24.2	3	4.6	1.4-14.0	15	33.6	20.4-50.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	62	34	51.6	37.6-65.4	6	12.5	5.5-25.9	4	5.9	2.0-16.1	7	10.1	4.7-20.6	11	19.9	10.4-34.7
$50,000+	28	11	36.0	19.5-56.7	2	3.9	0.9-14.7	2	11.0	2.2-40.4	2	5.4	1.1-22.0	11	43.8	24.5-65.1

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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 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.

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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months			1-2 years			2-3 years			> 3 years			Never
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,675	1,751	47.8	45.8-49.8	491	13.7	12.3-15.1	154	4.6	3.7- 5.5	319	8.0	7.0- 9.1	960	26.0	24.3-27.8
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	113	56	47.7	37.5-58.1	13	11.2	6.2-19.3	6	6.1	2.4-14.9	10	7.1	3.6-13.6	28	27.9	19.1-38.7
GENDER
Male	113	56	47.7	37.5-58.1	13	11.2	6.2-19.3	6	6.1	2.4-14.9	10	7.1	3.6-13.6	28	27.9	19.1-38.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	102	51	48.3	37.5-59.2	12	10.5	5.7-18.6	5	5.9	2.1-15.7	7	5.1	2.2-11.1	27	30.3	20.8-41.8
Other	11	5	42.4	15.9-74.0	1	17.0	2.5-62.3	1	8.5	1.1-43.0	3	26.4	7.7-60.5	1	5.7	0.7-32.5
AGE
18-44	24	7	25.4	11.6-46.8	3	13.9	4.1-38.0	2	7.5	1.7-27.4	1	1.7	0.2-11.6	11	51.5	30.5-71.9
45+	89	49	53.6	41.6-65.1	10	10.4	5.3-19.5	4	5.8	1.8-17.0	9	8.5	4.2-16.6	17	21.7	13.0-34.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	60	28	45.5	31.8-60.0	8	16.2	7.9-30.5	4	6.6	2.3-17.9	7	9.8	4.2-20.9	13	21.9	12.3-35.8
Some College +	53	28	49.8	35.0-64.6	5	6.4	2.5-15.4	2	5.6	1.1-24.2	3	4.6	1.4-14.0	15	33.6	20.4-50.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	62	34	51.6	37.6-65.4	6	12.5	5.5-25.9	4	5.9	2.0-16.1	7	10.1	4.7-20.6	11	19.9	10.4-34.7
$50,000+	28	11	36.0	19.5-56.7	2	3.9	0.9-14.7	2	11.0	2.2-40.4	2	5.4	1.1-22.0	11	43.8	24.5-65.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

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