BRFSS 2004 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	102	73	70.7	60.3-79.4	29	29.3	20.6-39.7
GENDER
Male	102	73	70.7	60.3-79.4	29	29.3	20.6-39.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	94	68	72.0	61.1-80.8	26	28.0	19.2-38.9
Other	7	5	70.6	30.9-92.8	2	29.4	7.2-69.1
AGE
18-44	14	6	44.9	21.4-71.0	8	55.1	29.0-78.6
45+	88	67	76.1	65.1-84.5	21	23.9	15.5-34.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	56	41	72.5	57.9-83.5	15	27.5	16.5-42.1
Some College +	45	32	71.1	55.4-83.0	13	28.9	17.0-44.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	59	41	69.7	55.5-80.9	18	30.3	19.1-44.5
$50,000+	21	16	75.5	52.2-89.7	5	24.5	10.3-47.8

* 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: Catawba County

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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
-Catawba County	102	73	70.7	60.3-79.4	29	29.3	20.6-39.7
GENDER
Male	102	73	70.7	60.3-79.4	29	29.3	20.6-39.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	94	68	72.0	61.1-80.8	26	28.0	19.2-38.9
Other	7	5	70.6	30.9-92.8	2	29.4	7.2-69.1
AGE
18-44	14	6	44.9	21.4-71.0	8	55.1	29.0-78.6
45+	88	67	76.1	65.1-84.5	21	23.9	15.5-34.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	56	41	72.5	57.9-83.5	15	27.5	16.5-42.1
Some College +	45	32	71.1	55.4-83.0	13	28.9	17.0-44.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	59	41	69.7	55.5-80.9	18	30.3	19.1-44.5
$50,000+	21	16	75.5	52.2-89.7	5	24.5	10.3-47.8