BRFSS 2004 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties: (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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	96	74	74.6	62.9-83.6	22	25.4	16.4-37.1
GENDER
Male	96	74	74.6	62.9-83.6	22	25.4	16.4-37.1
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	64	49	74.3	60.8-84.3	15	25.7	15.7-39.2
Other	32	25	75.0	52.0-89.3	7	25.0	10.7-48.0
AGE
18-44	13	10	73.1	42.5-90.9	3	26.9	9.1-57.5
45+	83	64	74.8	62.0-84.3	19	25.2	15.7-38.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	60	45	70.3	54.6-82.4	15	29.7	17.6-45.4
Some College +	35	28	81.6	64.0-91.8	7	18.4	8.2-36.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	58	44	70.8	54.4-83.1	14	29.2	16.9-45.6
$50,000+	20	15	75.8	50.5-90.6	5	24.2	9.4-49.5

* 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: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	96	74	74.6	62.9-83.6	22	25.4	16.4-37.1
GENDER
Male	96	74	74.6	62.9-83.6	22	25.4	16.4-37.1
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	64	49	74.3	60.8-84.3	15	25.7	15.7-39.2
Other	32	25	75.0	52.0-89.3	7	25.0	10.7-48.0
AGE
18-44	13	10	73.1	42.5-90.9	3	26.9	9.1-57.5
45+	83	64	74.8	62.0-84.3	19	25.2	15.7-38.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	60	45	70.3	54.6-82.4	15	29.7	17.6-45.4
Some College +	35	28	81.6	64.0-91.8	7	18.4	8.2-36.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	58	44	70.8	54.4-83.1	14	29.2	16.9-45.6
$50,000+	20	15	75.8	50.5-90.6	5	24.2	9.4-49.5