BRFSS 2004 - Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	133	107	82.1	74.3-87.9	26	17.9	12.1-25.7
GENDER
Male	133	107	82.1	74.3-87.9	26	17.9	12.1-25.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	114	94	84.1	75.9-89.9	20	15.9	10.1-24.1
Other	19	13	72.8	49.0-88.1	6	27.2	11.9-51.0
AGE
18-44	13	9	71.8	42.9-89.7	4	28.2	10.3-57.1
45+	120	98	83.4	75.3-89.3	22	16.6	10.7-24.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	41	34	85.2	70.5-93.3	7	14.8	6.7-29.5
Some College +	91	72	80.3	70.4-87.5	19	19.7	12.5-29.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	56	43	78.9	65.6-88.0	13	21.1	12.0-34.4
$50,000+	52	45	86.8	73.8-93.9	7	13.2	6.1-26.2

* 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: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	133	107	82.1	74.3-87.9	26	17.9	12.1-25.7
GENDER
Male	133	107	82.1	74.3-87.9	26	17.9	12.1-25.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	114	94	84.1	75.9-89.9	20	15.9	10.1-24.1
Other	19	13	72.8	49.0-88.1	6	27.2	11.9-51.0
AGE
18-44	13	9	71.8	42.9-89.7	4	28.2	10.3-57.1
45+	120	98	83.4	75.3-89.3	22	16.6	10.7-24.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	41	34	85.2	70.5-93.3	7	14.8	6.7-29.5
Some College +	91	72	80.3	70.4-87.5	19	19.7	12.5-29.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	56	43	78.9	65.6-88.0	13	21.1	12.0-34.4
$50,000+	52	45	86.8	73.8-93.9	7	13.2	6.1-26.2