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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 124 57 46.8 37.4-56.5 17 12.8 7.7-20.6 7 4.3 1.9- 9.4 8 5.2 2.4-10.8 35 30.8 22.6-40.5
GENDER
Male 124 57 46.8 37.4-56.5 17 12.8 7.7-20.6 7 4.3 1.9- 9.4 8 5.2 2.4-10.8 35 30.8 22.6-40.5
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 95 44 48.2 37.4-59.1 14 15.1 8.8-24.8 6 4.4 1.8-10.2 7 6.2 2.7-13.3 24 26.1 17.6-36.9
Other 29 13 42.3 24.6-62.2 3 5.0 1.5-15.1 1 4.0 0.6-23.6 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 11 46.8 27.9-66.5
AGE
18-44 18 3 13.1 4.1-35.0 3 13.1 3.6-38.0 1 2.6 0.4-16.8 0 0.0 . - . 11 71.2 47.2-87.3
45+ 106 54 53.6 43.2-63.7 14 12.8 7.3-21.4 6 4.7 2.0-10.7 8 6.3 2.9-12.9 24 22.7 15.2-32.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 16 43.6 27.8-60.8 5 12.0 4.6-27.8 3 4.8 1.2-16.5 4 6.9 2.4-18.2 11 32.7 18.5-50.9
Some College + 84 41 48.7 37.2-60.3 12 13.2 7.2-23.1 4 4.1 1.5-10.9 4 4.5 1.5-12.4 23 29.5 20.0-41.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 56 24 44.5 31.1-58.8 6 9.3 3.8-21.0 3 4.7 1.5-14.3 5 6.4 2.5-15.2 18 35.1 22.5-50.1
$50,000+ 54 27 46.6 33.3-60.4 9 16.2 8.2-29.6 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 3 5.5 1.6-16.9 14 29.9 18.5-44.5

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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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