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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last digital rectal exam?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,675 1,751 47.8 45.8-49.8 491 13.7 12.3-15.1 154 4.6 3.7- 5.5 319 8.0 7.0- 9.1 960 26.0 24.3-27.8
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 80 39 47.1 35.6-59.0 8 11.5 5.0-24.2 3 3.6 1.1-10.9 10 11.2 5.8-20.5 20 26.6 17.3-38.5
GENDER
Male 80 39 47.1 35.6-59.0 8 11.5 5.0-24.2 3 3.6 1.1-10.9 10 11.2 5.8-20.5 20 26.6 17.3-38.5
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 70 36 49.3 36.8-61.8 8 13.0 5.7-27.0 2 2.4 0.5- 9.7 8 11.1 5.3-21.5 16 24.3 14.9-37.0
Other 9 3 35.6 11.1-70.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.2 2.0-57.7 2 14.2 3.2-45.2 3 36.0 10.6-72.7
AGE
18-44 9 3 36.0 11.6-70.5 1 11.1 1.5-50.2 1 11.1 1.5-50.2 1 5.5 0.7-32.1 3 36.3 11.8-70.8
45+ 71 36 48.8 36.4-61.3 7 11.5 4.7-25.9 2 2.5 0.6-10.1 9 12.0 6.1-22.5 17 25.2 15.7-37.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 48 21 43.4 29.2-58.8 6 13.8 5.0-32.6 3 5.6 1.7-16.9 6 9.0 3.8-19.6 12 28.2 16.3-44.1
Some College + 32 18 53.5 35.1-70.9 2 7.5 1.9-25.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 15.1 5.5-35.1 8 23.9 11.5-43.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 41 18 43.4 28.5-59.7 1 2.7 0.4-16.7 2 4.1 0.9-16.3 7 14.8 6.7-29.7 13 35.0 21.1-52.0
$50,000+ 19 12 62.8 38.7-81.8 2 12.6 3.2-38.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.3 0.9-33.8 4 18.2 6.4-42.1

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* This question was asked only of only male respondents and reported having a DRE and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

^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.

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