BRFSS 2004 - Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	100	74	74.3	63.8-82.6	26	25.7	17.4-36.2
GENDER
Male	100	74	74.3	63.8-82.6	26	25.7	17.4-36.2
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	83	61	74.2	62.9-83.0	22	25.8	17.0-37.1
Other	16	12	74.1	42.6-91.7	4	25.9	8.3-57.4
AGE
18-44	12	6	58.4	29.5-82.5	6	41.6	17.5-70.5
45+	88	68	77.2	65.9-85.6	20	22.8	14.4-34.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	39	27	70.4	52.2-83.8	12	29.6	16.2-47.8
Some College +	60	47	77.6	64.1-87.0	13	22.4	13.0-35.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	44	32	74.1	57.2-86.0	12	25.9	14.0-42.8
$50,000+	39	31	78.8	61.9-89.5	8	21.2	10.5-38.1

* 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: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico Counties

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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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	100	74	74.3	63.8-82.6	26	25.7	17.4-36.2
GENDER
Male	100	74	74.3	63.8-82.6	26	25.7	17.4-36.2
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	83	61	74.2	62.9-83.0	22	25.8	17.0-37.1
Other	16	12	74.1	42.6-91.7	4	25.9	8.3-57.4
AGE
18-44	12	6	58.4	29.5-82.5	6	41.6	17.5-70.5
45+	88	68	77.2	65.9-85.6	20	22.8	14.4-34.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	39	27	70.4	52.2-83.8	12	29.6	16.2-47.8
Some College +	60	47	77.6	64.1-87.0	13	22.4	13.0-35.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	44	32	74.1	57.2-86.0	12	25.9	14.0-42.8
$50,000+	39	31	78.8	61.9-89.5	8	21.2	10.5-38.1