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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 102 42 42.8 32.6-53.7 11 9.4 4.8-17.4 3 5.1 1.5-15.7 10 10.7 5.4-20.0 36 32.0 23.1-42.5
GENDER
Male 102 42 42.8 32.6-53.7 11 9.4 4.8-17.4 3 5.1 1.5-15.7 10 10.7 5.4-20.0 36 32.0 23.1-42.5
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 73 34 48.2 35.7-60.8 7 6.7 2.9-14.7 3 6.8 2.0-20.5 8 12.3 5.8-24.3 21 26.0 16.8-37.9
Other 28 7 23.2 10.8-43.1 4 18.0 6.4-41.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.4 1.5-23.2 15 52.4 32.6-71.4
AGE
18-44 13 2 16.4 3.7-49.9 2 10.3 2.4-34.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 16.6 4.0-48.6 7 56.8 28.7-81.1
45+ 89 40 46.3 35.2-57.9 9 9.2 4.4-18.2 3 5.8 1.7-17.6 8 9.9 4.6-20.1 29 28.7 19.8-39.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 19 33.7 21.7-48.3 7 11.0 4.9-22.7 1 4.3 0.6-24.6 8 15.3 7.4-29.1 25 35.7 23.8-49.7
Some College + 41 22 57.5 41.2-72.4 4 6.8 2.2-19.2 2 6.5 1.6-22.6 2 2.9 0.6-12.4 11 26.2 14.6-42.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 58 22 36.0 23.8-50.3 4 5.5 1.9-14.8 1 4.7 0.7-26.6 7 15.7 7.4-30.3 24 38.0 25.6-52.3
$50,000+ 26 14 54.3 34.4-72.8 3 11.5 3.2-33.9 1 4.4 0.6-25.6 1 4.4 0.6-25.6 7 25.4 12.1-45.7

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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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