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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 93 30 35.2 24.9-47.0 15 16.6 9.8-26.7 3 3.3 0.8-12.1 11 8.5 4.5-15.3 34 36.5 26.5-47.9
GENDER
Male 93 30 35.2 24.9-47.0 15 16.6 9.8-26.7 3 3.3 0.8-12.1 11 8.5 4.5-15.3 34 36.5 26.5-47.9
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 80 24 31.5 21.2-44.1 15 19.8 11.8-31.3 3 3.9 1.0-14.2 10 9.4 4.9-17.3 28 35.4 24.7-47.7
Other 13 6 54.1 26.0-79.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.5 0.5-22.3 6 42.3 17.9-71.1
AGE
18-44 10 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.0 4.6-53.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.2 0.9-38.3 7 73.9 41.2-91.9
45+ 83 30 39.7 28.4-52.2 13 16.3 9.2-27.2 3 3.7 0.9-13.5 10 8.6 4.5-16.0 27 31.7 21.8-43.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 49 17 34.3 21.5-49.9 5 12.6 4.8-29.0 2 2.4 0.6- 9.2 5 7.2 2.8-17.1 20 43.5 29.4-58.8
Some College + 44 13 35.8 21.3-53.5 10 20.0 10.5-34.7 1 4.0 0.6-23.4 6 9.5 4.1-20.6 14 30.7 17.8-47.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 49 14 33.4 19.8-50.4 9 21.8 11.3-37.8 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 6 7.7 3.3-16.9 19 36.1 23.0-51.6
$50,000+ 23 10 42.1 23.2-63.6 5 14.9 5.7-33.9 1 8.0 1.1-39.3 4 14.9 5.5-34.6 3 20.1 6.6-47.0

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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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