BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg County: (How long has it been since you had your last digital rectal exam?*)

	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-3 years	> 3 years	Never
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
-Mecklenburg County	153	73	45.6	37.1-54.3	23	17.1	11.2-25.2	10	7.2	3.7-13.6	10	6.2	3.3-11.5	37	23.9	17.1-32.3
GENDER
Male	153	73	45.6	37.1-54.3	23	17.1	11.2-25.2	10	7.2	3.7-13.6	10	6.2	3.3-11.5	37	23.9	17.1-32.3
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	113	58	51.1	41.1-61.0	19	20.1	12.7-30.3	9	8.0	4.0-15.3	7	6.4	3.0-13.1	20	14.4	9.1-22.1
Other	38	14	30.7	17.3-48.4	4	9.3	3.4-22.8	1	5.3	0.8-29.2	3	6.0	1.8-17.9	16	48.8	31.5-66.3
AGE
18-44	26	5	16.2	6.4-35.1	6	26.4	11.3-50.3	1	4.8	0.7-27.2	3	11.2	3.5-30.3	11	41.5	23.3-62.3
45+	127	68	53.3	43.7-62.7	17	14.6	9.1-22.8	9	7.8	3.9-15.3	7	4.9	2.3-10.2	26	19.3	12.7-28.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	45	20	39.3	24.9-55.8	5	15.7	6.2-34.6	3	8.3	2.5-24.1	2	3.7	0.9-14.0	15	33.0	19.2-50.4
Some College +	108	53	48.6	38.7-58.7	18	17.8	11.2-27.0	7	6.7	3.0-14.2	8	7.4	3.6-14.6	22	19.5	12.8-28.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	49	25	50.6	34.8-66.2	6	9.5	4.1-20.4	2	4.1	0.9-17.4	2	3.2	0.7-12.6	14	32.7	19.0-50.1
$50,000+	76	40	49.4	37.5-61.3	14	24.5	14.8-37.7	6	7.6	3.2-16.7	5	6.6	2.8-15.0	11	12.0	6.5-21.0

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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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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months			1-2 years			2-3 years			> 3 years			Never
	Total Respond.^	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
-Mecklenburg County	153	73	45.6	37.1-54.3	23	17.1	11.2-25.2	10	7.2	3.7-13.6	10	6.2	3.3-11.5	37	23.9	17.1-32.3
GENDER
Male	153	73	45.6	37.1-54.3	23	17.1	11.2-25.2	10	7.2	3.7-13.6	10	6.2	3.3-11.5	37	23.9	17.1-32.3
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	113	58	51.1	41.1-61.0	19	20.1	12.7-30.3	9	8.0	4.0-15.3	7	6.4	3.0-13.1	20	14.4	9.1-22.1
Other	38	14	30.7	17.3-48.4	4	9.3	3.4-22.8	1	5.3	0.8-29.2	3	6.0	1.8-17.9	16	48.8	31.5-66.3
AGE
18-44	26	5	16.2	6.4-35.1	6	26.4	11.3-50.3	1	4.8	0.7-27.2	3	11.2	3.5-30.3	11	41.5	23.3-62.3
45+	127	68	53.3	43.7-62.7	17	14.6	9.1-22.8	9	7.8	3.9-15.3	7	4.9	2.3-10.2	26	19.3	12.7-28.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	45	20	39.3	24.9-55.8	5	15.7	6.2-34.6	3	8.3	2.5-24.1	2	3.7	0.9-14.0	15	33.0	19.2-50.4
Some College +	108	53	48.6	38.7-58.7	18	17.8	11.2-27.0	7	6.7	3.0-14.2	8	7.4	3.6-14.6	22	19.5	12.8-28.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	49	25	50.6	34.8-66.2	6	9.5	4.1-20.4	2	4.1	0.9-17.4	2	3.2	0.7-12.6	14	32.7	19.0-50.1
$50,000+	76	40	49.4	37.5-61.3	14	24.5	14.8-37.7	6	7.6	3.2-16.7	5	6.6	2.8-15.0	11	12.0	6.5-21.0

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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