BRFSS 2004 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	85	58	67.2	55.6-77.0	27	32.8	23.0-44.4
GENDER
Male	85	58	67.2	55.6-77.0	27	32.8	23.0-44.4
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	54	36	67.4	53.2-79.0	18	32.6	21.0-46.8
Other	31	22	66.9	46.5-82.4	9	33.1	17.6-53.5
AGE
18-44	13	4	32.1	12.3-61.5	9	67.9	38.5-87.7
45+	72	54	74.0	61.4-83.6	18	26.0	16.4-38.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	44	28	62.1	46.0-76.0	16	37.9	24.0-54.0
Some College +	41	30	73.3	56.6-85.3	11	26.7	14.7-43.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	48	34	73.3	58.4-84.3	14	26.7	15.7-41.6
$50,000+	21	13	59.2	36.6-78.4	8	40.8	21.6-63.4

* 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: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	85	58	67.2	55.6-77.0	27	32.8	23.0-44.4
GENDER
Male	85	58	67.2	55.6-77.0	27	32.8	23.0-44.4
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	54	36	67.4	53.2-79.0	18	32.6	21.0-46.8
Other	31	22	66.9	46.5-82.4	9	33.1	17.6-53.5
AGE
18-44	13	4	32.1	12.3-61.5	9	67.9	38.5-87.7
45+	72	54	74.0	61.4-83.6	18	26.0	16.4-38.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	44	28	62.1	46.0-76.0	16	37.9	24.0-54.0
Some College +	41	30	73.3	56.6-85.3	11	26.7	14.7-43.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	48	34	73.3	58.4-84.3	14	26.7	15.7-41.6
$50,000+	21	13	59.2	36.6-78.4	8	40.8	21.6-63.4