BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	118	93	80.5	72.0-86.9	25	19.5	13.1-28.0
GENDER
Male	118	93	80.5	72.0-86.9	25	19.5	13.1-28.0
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	96	79	82.7	73.4-89.3	17	17.3	10.7-26.6
Other	22	14	68.8	45.5-85.3	8	31.2	14.7-54.5
AGE
18-44	17	10	56.6	30.9-79.2	7	43.4	20.8-69.1
45+	101	83	84.3	75.7-90.3	18	15.7	9.7-24.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	43	74.7	60.7-84.9	14	25.3	15.1-39.3
Some College +	61	50	85.7	74.8-92.4	11	14.3	7.6-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	70	55	79.5	67.7-87.8	15	20.5	12.2-32.3
$50,000+	23	18	82.4	60.7-93.4	5	17.6	6.6-39.3

* 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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	118	93	80.5	72.0-86.9	25	19.5	13.1-28.0
GENDER
Male	118	93	80.5	72.0-86.9	25	19.5	13.1-28.0
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	96	79	82.7	73.4-89.3	17	17.3	10.7-26.6
Other	22	14	68.8	45.5-85.3	8	31.2	14.7-54.5
AGE
18-44	17	10	56.6	30.9-79.2	7	43.4	20.8-69.1
45+	101	83	84.3	75.7-90.3	18	15.7	9.7-24.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	43	74.7	60.7-84.9	14	25.3	15.1-39.3
Some College +	61	50	85.7	74.8-92.4	11	14.3	7.6-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	70	55	79.5	67.7-87.8	15	20.5	12.2-32.3
$50,000+	23	18	82.4	60.7-93.4	5	17.6	6.6-39.3