BRFSS 2004 - Cumberland 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
-Cumberland County	87	74	84.7	74.0-91.5	13	15.3	8.5-26.0
GENDER
Male	87	74	84.7	74.0-91.5	13	15.3	8.5-26.0
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	52	47	86.5	70.7-94.4	5	13.5	5.6-29.3
Other	35	27	81.7	65.1-91.4	8	18.3	8.6-34.9
AGE
18-44	10	5	47.1	17.4-78.9	5	52.9	21.1-82.6
45+	77	69	89.1	78.7-94.8	8	10.9	5.2-21.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	31	23	73.9	52.6-87.9	8	26.1	12.1-47.4
Some College +	56	51	89.8	76.8-95.9	5	10.2	4.1-23.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	43	33	73.4	55.2-86.0	10	26.6	14.0-44.8
$50,000+	27	25	91.6	71.3-97.9	2	8.4	2.1-28.7

* 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: Cumberland 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
-Cumberland County	87	74	84.7	74.0-91.5	13	15.3	8.5-26.0
GENDER
Male	87	74	84.7	74.0-91.5	13	15.3	8.5-26.0
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	52	47	86.5	70.7-94.4	5	13.5	5.6-29.3
Other	35	27	81.7	65.1-91.4	8	18.3	8.6-34.9
AGE
18-44	10	5	47.1	17.4-78.9	5	52.9	21.1-82.6
45+	77	69	89.1	78.7-94.8	8	10.9	5.2-21.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	31	23	73.9	52.6-87.9	8	26.1	12.1-47.4
Some College +	56	51	89.8	76.8-95.9	5	10.2	4.1-23.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	43	33	73.4	55.2-86.0	10	26.6	14.0-44.8
$50,000+	27	25	91.6	71.3-97.9	2	8.4	2.1-28.7