BRFSS 2004 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	115	93	81.6	72.8-88.0	22	18.4	12.0-27.2
GENDER
Male	115	93	81.6	72.8-88.0	22	18.4	12.0-27.2
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	95	75	80.1	70.4-87.2	20	19.9	12.8-29.6
Other	20	18	89.5	57.8-98.2	2	10.5	1.8-42.2
AGE
18-44	14	7	44.2	20.8-70.6	7	55.8	29.4-79.2
45+	101	86	86.9	78.7-92.3	15	13.1	7.7-21.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	37	29	80.0	62.4-90.6	8	20.0	9.4-37.6
Some College +	78	64	82.2	71.4-89.5	14	17.8	10.5-28.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	53	45	85.1	71.3-93.0	8	14.9	7.0-28.7
$50,000+	46	35	78.5	63.8-88.3	11	21.5	11.7-36.2

* 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: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	115	93	81.6	72.8-88.0	22	18.4	12.0-27.2
GENDER
Male	115	93	81.6	72.8-88.0	22	18.4	12.0-27.2
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	95	75	80.1	70.4-87.2	20	19.9	12.8-29.6
Other	20	18	89.5	57.8-98.2	2	10.5	1.8-42.2
AGE
18-44	14	7	44.2	20.8-70.6	7	55.8	29.4-79.2
45+	101	86	86.9	78.7-92.3	15	13.1	7.7-21.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	37	29	80.0	62.4-90.6	8	20.0	9.4-37.6
Some College +	78	64	82.2	71.4-89.5	14	17.8	10.5-28.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	53	45	85.1	71.3-93.0	8	14.9	7.0-28.7
$50,000+	46	35	78.5	63.8-88.3	11	21.5	11.7-36.2