BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	106	85	79.9	70.4-87.0	21	20.1	13.0-29.6
GENDER
Male	106	85	79.9	70.4-87.0	21	20.1	13.0-29.6
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	93	73	78.2	67.7-86.0	20	21.8	14.0-32.3
Other	12	11	90.7	55.3-98.7	1	9.3	1.3-44.7
AGE
18-44	17	12	68.5	41.8-86.8	5	31.5	13.2-58.2
45+	89	73	82.3	72.0-89.3	16	17.7	10.7-28.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	36	31	83.8	66.4-93.2	5	16.2	6.8-33.6
Some College +	70	54	77.7	65.4-86.5	16	22.3	13.5-34.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	56	43	77.7	63.9-87.3	13	22.3	12.7-36.1
$50,000+	28	24	82.0	60.6-93.1	4	18.0	6.9-39.4

* 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: Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	106	85	79.9	70.4-87.0	21	20.1	13.0-29.6
GENDER
Male	106	85	79.9	70.4-87.0	21	20.1	13.0-29.6
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	93	73	78.2	67.7-86.0	20	21.8	14.0-32.3
Other	12	11	90.7	55.3-98.7	1	9.3	1.3-44.7
AGE
18-44	17	12	68.5	41.8-86.8	5	31.5	13.2-58.2
45+	89	73	82.3	72.0-89.3	16	17.7	10.7-28.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	36	31	83.8	66.4-93.2	5	16.2	6.8-33.6
Some College +	70	54	77.7	65.4-86.5	16	22.3	13.5-34.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	56	43	77.7	63.9-87.3	13	22.3	12.7-36.1
$50,000+	28	24	82.0	60.6-93.1	4	18.0	6.9-39.4