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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 100 45 46.4 35.9-57.1 14 13.7 8.0-22.5 6 6.4 2.9-13.6 9 7.8 3.9-15.2 26 25.7 17.4-36.2
GENDER
Male 100 45 46.4 35.9-57.1 14 13.7 8.0-22.5 6 6.4 2.9-13.6 9 7.8 3.9-15.2 26 25.7 17.4-36.2
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 83 35 42.4 31.5-54.1 13 16.1 9.3-26.5 5 6.5 2.7-14.7 8 9.1 4.4-18.0 22 25.8 17.0-37.1
Other 16 9 62.4 34.3-84.0 1 3.4 0.5-21.1 1 6.1 0.8-33.4 1 2.3 0.3-15.4 4 25.9 8.3-57.4
AGE
18-44 12 3 34.2 11.5-67.4 3 24.3 7.6-55.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 41.6 17.5-70.5
45+ 88 42 48.6 37.4-59.9 11 11.8 6.4-20.8 6 7.6 3.4-15.9 9 9.3 4.6-17.7 20 22.8 14.4-34.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 14 40.0 24.3-58.0 7 18.8 8.7-35.9 1 2.6 0.4-16.6 5 9.0 3.5-21.4 12 29.6 16.2-47.8
Some College + 60 31 51.1 37.7-64.3 7 10.4 4.9-20.9 5 9.0 3.8-19.9 4 7.1 2.5-18.4 13 22.4 13.0-35.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 44 21 50.5 34.6-66.4 6 13.9 6.1-28.8 1 2.4 0.3-15.4 4 7.3 2.6-18.9 12 25.9 14.0-42.8
$50,000+ 39 17 46.2 30.4-62.8 7 16.4 7.6-31.8 5 12.5 5.3-26.9 2 3.7 0.9-14.8 8 21.2 10.5-38.1

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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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