BRFSS 2004 - Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	105	72	67.3	56.6-76.5	33	32.7	23.5-43.4
GENDER
Male	105	72	67.3	56.6-76.5	33	32.7	23.5-43.4
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	91	65	72.6	61.8-81.2	26	27.4	18.8-38.2
Other	13	6	41.6	17.8-70.1	7	58.4	29.9-82.2
AGE
18-44	15	9	52.2	26.9-76.4	6	47.8	23.6-73.1
45+	90	63	70.1	58.4-79.7	27	29.9	20.3-41.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	51	35	67.6	51.7-80.3	16	32.4	19.7-48.3
Some College +	54	37	67.1	51.9-79.4	17	32.9	20.6-48.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	49	30	56.6	40.2-71.6	19	43.4	28.4-59.8
$50,000+	32	28	87.2	69.9-95.2	4	12.8	4.8-30.1

* 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: Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	105	72	67.3	56.6-76.5	33	32.7	23.5-43.4
GENDER
Male	105	72	67.3	56.6-76.5	33	32.7	23.5-43.4
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	91	65	72.6	61.8-81.2	26	27.4	18.8-38.2
Other	13	6	41.6	17.8-70.1	7	58.4	29.9-82.2
AGE
18-44	15	9	52.2	26.9-76.4	6	47.8	23.6-73.1
45+	90	63	70.1	58.4-79.7	27	29.9	20.3-41.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	51	35	67.6	51.7-80.3	16	32.4	19.7-48.3
Some College +	54	37	67.1	51.9-79.4	17	32.9	20.6-48.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	49	30	56.6	40.2-71.6	19	43.4	28.4-59.8
$50,000+	32	28	87.2	69.9-95.2	4	12.8	4.8-30.1