BRFSS 2004 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	86	61	68.5	56.3-78.6	25	31.5	21.4-43.7
GENDER
Male	86	61	68.5	56.3-78.6	25	31.5	21.4-43.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	72	52	71.6	58.4-82.0	20	28.4	18.0-41.6
Other	14	9	55.2	27.7-79.9	5	44.8	20.1-72.3
AGE
18-44	15	5	24.4	9.2-50.8	10	75.6	49.2-90.8
45+	71	56	78.4	65.7-87.3	15	21.6	12.7-34.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	38	29	71.4	51.6-85.4	9	28.6	14.6-48.4
Some College +	48	32	66.2	50.0-79.3	16	33.8	20.7-50.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	43	30	66.9	49.6-80.6	13	33.1	19.4-50.4
$50,000+	27	20	69.1	44.9-86.0	7	30.9	14.0-55.1

* 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: Alamance County

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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
-Alamance County	86	61	68.5	56.3-78.6	25	31.5	21.4-43.7
GENDER
Male	86	61	68.5	56.3-78.6	25	31.5	21.4-43.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	72	52	71.6	58.4-82.0	20	28.4	18.0-41.6
Other	14	9	55.2	27.7-79.9	5	44.8	20.1-72.3
AGE
18-44	15	5	24.4	9.2-50.8	10	75.6	49.2-90.8
45+	71	56	78.4	65.7-87.3	15	21.6	12.7-34.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	38	29	71.4	51.6-85.4	9	28.6	14.6-48.4
Some College +	48	32	66.2	50.0-79.3	16	33.8	20.7-50.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	43	30	66.9	49.6-80.6	13	33.1	19.4-50.4
$50,000+	27	20	69.1	44.9-86.0	7	30.9	14.0-55.1