BRFSS 2004 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	125	90	69.4	59.7-77.6	35	30.6	22.4-40.3
GENDER
Male	125	90	69.4	59.7-77.6	35	30.6	22.4-40.3
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	96	72	74.1	63.4-82.5	24	25.9	17.5-36.6
Other	29	18	53.2	33.5-72.1	11	46.8	27.9-66.5
AGE
18-44	18	7	28.8	12.7-52.8	11	71.2	47.2-87.3
45+	107	83	77.5	67.7-84.9	24	22.5	15.1-32.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	39	28	67.3	49.1-81.5	11	32.7	18.5-50.9
Some College +	85	62	70.8	59.1-80.2	23	29.2	19.8-40.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	57	39	65.4	50.5-77.8	18	34.6	22.2-49.5
$50,000+	54	40	70.1	55.5-81.5	14	29.9	18.5-44.5

* 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: Guilford 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
-Guilford County	125	90	69.4	59.7-77.6	35	30.6	22.4-40.3
GENDER
Male	125	90	69.4	59.7-77.6	35	30.6	22.4-40.3
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	96	72	74.1	63.4-82.5	24	25.9	17.5-36.6
Other	29	18	53.2	33.5-72.1	11	46.8	27.9-66.5
AGE
18-44	18	7	28.8	12.7-52.8	11	71.2	47.2-87.3
45+	107	83	77.5	67.7-84.9	24	22.5	15.1-32.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	39	28	67.3	49.1-81.5	11	32.7	18.5-50.9
Some College +	85	62	70.8	59.1-80.2	23	29.2	19.8-40.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	57	39	65.4	50.5-77.8	18	34.6	22.2-49.5
$50,000+	54	40	70.1	55.5-81.5	14	29.9	18.5-44.5