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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

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

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 116 60 53.2 43.4-62.7 19 16.7 10.5-25.5 3 2.4 0.7- 8.1 9 7.9 4.0-15.1 25 19.8 13.3-28.4
GENDER
Male 116 60 53.2 43.4-62.7 19 16.7 10.5-25.5 3 2.4 0.7- 8.1 9 7.9 4.0-15.1 25 19.8 13.3-28.4
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 95 53 55.8 45.0-66.0 14 15.0 8.8-24.6 3 2.9 0.8- 9.6 8 8.9 4.3-17.3 17 17.5 10.9-26.9
Other 21 7 39.3 19.3-63.7 5 25.6 10.2-51.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.9 0.4-18.6 8 32.1 15.1-55.8
AGE
18-44 17 6 38.2 16.6-65.7 4 18.4 6.3-43.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 43.4 20.8-69.1
45+ 99 54 55.6 45.0-65.7 15 16.4 9.8-26.2 3 2.8 0.8- 9.4 9 9.2 4.7-17.4 18 15.9 9.9-24.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 55 26 49.1 35.3-63.1 8 13.7 6.6-26.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 6 9.6 4.2-20.4 14 26.1 15.6-40.3
Some College + 61 34 56.6 43.0-69.3 11 19.3 10.5-32.7 2 3.3 0.7-14.2 3 6.5 2.0-19.0 11 14.3 7.6-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 69 36 51.7 39.1-64.0 11 17.1 9.4-29.0 2 3.3 0.8-13.2 5 7.3 2.8-17.9 15 20.7 12.3-32.5
$50,000+ 23 13 57.9 35.6-77.3 2 12.9 3.0-41.9 1 2.3 0.3-15.1 2 9.2 2.3-30.6 5 17.6 6.6-39.3

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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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