BRFSS 2004 - Johnston 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
-Johnston County	112	74	68.5	57.9-77.4	38	31.5	22.6-42.1
GENDER
Male	112	74	68.5	57.9-77.4	38	31.5	22.6-42.1
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	90	60	70.3	59.1-79.4	30	29.7	20.6-40.9
Other	22	14	62.6	36.3-83.1	8	37.4	16.9-63.7
AGE
18-44	26	10	49.8	28.4-71.2	16	50.2	28.8-71.6
45+	86	64	75.4	63.4-84.5	22	24.6	15.5-36.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	56	33	62.4	46.4-76.1	23	37.6	23.9-53.6
Some College +	56	41	74.1	60.0-84.6	15	25.9	15.4-40.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	57	40	72.0	56.4-83.7	17	28.0	16.3-43.6
$50,000+	38	24	67.0	49.3-80.9	14	33.0	19.1-50.7

* 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: Johnston County

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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
-Johnston County	112	74	68.5	57.9-77.4	38	31.5	22.6-42.1
GENDER
Male	112	74	68.5	57.9-77.4	38	31.5	22.6-42.1
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	90	60	70.3	59.1-79.4	30	29.7	20.6-40.9
Other	22	14	62.6	36.3-83.1	8	37.4	16.9-63.7
AGE
18-44	26	10	49.8	28.4-71.2	16	50.2	28.8-71.6
45+	86	64	75.4	63.4-84.5	22	24.6	15.5-36.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	56	33	62.4	46.4-76.1	23	37.6	23.9-53.6
Some College +	56	41	74.1	60.0-84.6	15	25.9	15.4-40.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	57	40	72.0	56.4-83.7	17	28.0	16.3-43.6
$50,000+	38	24	67.0	49.3-80.9	14	33.0	19.1-50.7