BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	154	117	76.2	67.9-83.0	37	23.8	17.0-32.1
GENDER
Male	154	117	76.2	67.9-83.0	37	23.8	17.0-32.1
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	114	94	85.8	78.1-91.0	20	14.2	9.0-21.9
Other	38	22	51.2	33.7-68.5	16	48.8	31.5-66.3
AGE
18-44	26	15	58.5	37.7-76.7	11	41.5	23.3-62.3
45+	128	102	80.9	72.0-87.4	26	19.1	12.6-28.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	45	30	67.0	49.6-80.8	15	33.0	19.2-50.4
Some College +	109	87	80.7	71.7-87.4	22	19.3	12.6-28.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	49	35	67.3	49.9-81.0	14	32.7	19.0-50.1
$50,000+	77	66	88.2	79.3-93.6	11	11.8	6.4-20.7

* 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: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	154	117	76.2	67.9-83.0	37	23.8	17.0-32.1
GENDER
Male	154	117	76.2	67.9-83.0	37	23.8	17.0-32.1
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	114	94	85.8	78.1-91.0	20	14.2	9.0-21.9
Other	38	22	51.2	33.7-68.5	16	48.8	31.5-66.3
AGE
18-44	26	15	58.5	37.7-76.7	11	41.5	23.3-62.3
45+	128	102	80.9	72.0-87.4	26	19.1	12.6-28.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	45	30	67.0	49.6-80.8	15	33.0	19.2-50.4
Some College +	109	87	80.7	71.7-87.4	22	19.3	12.6-28.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	49	35	67.3	49.9-81.0	14	32.7	19.0-50.1
$50,000+	77	66	88.2	79.3-93.6	11	11.8	6.4-20.7