BRFSS 2004 - Durham 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
-Durham County	84	69	81.8	70.5-89.4	15	18.2	10.6-29.5
GENDER
Male	84	69	81.8	70.5-89.4	15	18.2	10.6-29.5
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	55	46	85.7	73.0-93.0	9	14.3	7.0-27.0
Other	29	23	75.2	53.1-89.1	6	24.8	10.9-46.9
AGE
18-44	11	7	65.2	32.6-87.9	4	34.8	12.1-67.4
45+	73	62	84.6	72.6-91.9	11	15.4	8.1-27.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	23	18	74.4	49.3-89.7	5	25.6	10.3-50.7
Some College +	61	51	84.6	71.9-92.2	10	15.4	7.8-28.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	35	29	84.2	65.7-93.7	6	15.8	6.3-34.3
$50,000+	37	31	83.5	65.7-93.0	6	16.5	7.0-34.3

* 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: Durham County

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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
-Durham County	84	69	81.8	70.5-89.4	15	18.2	10.6-29.5
GENDER
Male	84	69	81.8	70.5-89.4	15	18.2	10.6-29.5
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	55	46	85.7	73.0-93.0	9	14.3	7.0-27.0
Other	29	23	75.2	53.1-89.1	6	24.8	10.9-46.9
AGE
18-44	11	7	65.2	32.6-87.9	4	34.8	12.1-67.4
45+	73	62	84.6	72.6-91.9	11	15.4	8.1-27.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	23	18	74.4	49.3-89.7	5	25.6	10.3-50.7
Some College +	61	51	84.6	71.9-92.2	10	15.4	7.8-28.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	35	29	84.2	65.7-93.7	6	15.8	6.3-34.3
$50,000+	37	31	83.5	65.7-93.0	6	16.5	7.0-34.3