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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 84 45 52.6 41.0-64.0 16 19.5 11.8-30.7 2 2.6 0.6-10.0 6 7.0 3.1-15.2 15 18.2 10.6-29.5
GENDER
Male 84 45 52.6 41.0-64.0 16 19.5 11.8-30.7 2 2.6 0.6-10.0 6 7.0 3.1-15.2 15 18.2 10.6-29.5
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 55 31 57.5 43.1-70.7 13 24.8 14.3-39.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.4 0.8-13.7 9 14.3 7.0-27.0
Other 29 14 44.6 26.5-64.2 3 10.9 3.2-31.3 2 6.9 1.7-24.4 4 12.9 4.7-30.8 6 24.8 10.9-46.9
AGE
18-44 11 3 25.2 6.9-60.5 3 29.7 9.1-64.1 1 10.3 1.4-47.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 34.8 12.1-67.4
45+ 73 42 57.3 44.7-69.0 13 17.8 10.1-29.6 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 6 8.2 3.6-17.6 11 15.4 8.1-27.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 23 9 34.1 17.5-55.8 4 17.5 6.0-41.3 1 5.4 0.8-30.0 4 17.4 6.4-39.3 5 25.6 10.3-50.7
Some College + 61 36 59.7 45.8-72.2 12 20.3 11.3-33.8 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 2 3.0 0.7-12.3 10 15.4 7.8-28.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 35 20 61.2 42.9-76.7 4 8.2 2.9-21.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 14.9 6.0-32.2 6 15.8 6.3-34.3
$50,000+ 37 19 51.4 34.5-68.0 9 23.6 12.0-41.2 2 5.4 1.3-19.5 1 3.1 0.4-19.0 6 16.5 7.0-34.3

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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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