BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina: (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
TOTAL	3,708	2,748	74.2	72.4-75.9	960	25.8	24.1-27.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes	3,269	2,504	77.2	75.5-78.9	765	22.8	21.1-24.5
No	438	243	52.3	46.0-58.5	195	47.7	41.5-54.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight	15	10	70.4	39.5-89.7	5	29.6	10.3-60.5
Recommended Range	954	697	73.4	69.6-76.9	257	26.6	23.1-30.4
Overweight	1,695	1,279	75.8	73.3-78.2	416	24.2	21.8-26.7
Obese	987	735	74.3	70.9-77.4	252	25.7	22.6-29.1
Current Smoker
No	2,838	2,168	76.5	74.6-78.3	670	23.5	21.7-25.4
Yes	863	575	66.1	61.9-70.0	288	33.9	30.0-38.1
Binge Drinker
No	3,309	2,489	75.3	73.4-77.0	820	24.7	23.0-26.6
Yes	323	210	63.4	56.9-69.5	113	36.6	30.5-43.1
Heavy Drinker
No	3,531	2,634	74.6	72.8-76.3	897	25.4	23.7-27.2
Yes	129	83	63.9	53.7-72.9	46	36.1	27.1-46.3
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	947	728	76.0	72.4-79.3	219	24.0	20.7-27.6
No	2,748	2,013	73.7	71.6-75.7	735	26.3	24.3-28.4
Current Asthma
Yes	191	141	74.8	66.9-81.4	50	25.2	18.6-33.1
No	3,498	2,590	74.1	72.2-75.8	908	25.9	24.2-27.8
Diabetes
Yes	537	448	81.2	76.5-85.2	89	18.8	14.8-23.5
Yes, During Pregnancy	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
No	3,121	2,261	73.0	71.0-74.9	860	27.0	25.1-29.0
No, Bordeline Diabetes	48	38	77.3	56.8-89.8	10	22.7	10.2-43.2

* 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: North Carolina

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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%)
TOTAL	3,708	2,748	74.2	72.4-75.9	960	25.8	24.1-27.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes	3,269	2,504	77.2	75.5-78.9	765	22.8	21.1-24.5
No	438	243	52.3	46.0-58.5	195	47.7	41.5-54.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight	15	10	70.4	39.5-89.7	5	29.6	10.3-60.5
Recommended Range	954	697	73.4	69.6-76.9	257	26.6	23.1-30.4
Overweight	1,695	1,279	75.8	73.3-78.2	416	24.2	21.8-26.7
Obese	987	735	74.3	70.9-77.4	252	25.7	22.6-29.1
Current Smoker
No	2,838	2,168	76.5	74.6-78.3	670	23.5	21.7-25.4
Yes	863	575	66.1	61.9-70.0	288	33.9	30.0-38.1
Binge Drinker
No	3,309	2,489	75.3	73.4-77.0	820	24.7	23.0-26.6
Yes	323	210	63.4	56.9-69.5	113	36.6	30.5-43.1
Heavy Drinker
No	3,531	2,634	74.6	72.8-76.3	897	25.4	23.7-27.2
Yes	129	83	63.9	53.7-72.9	46	36.1	27.1-46.3
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	947	728	76.0	72.4-79.3	219	24.0	20.7-27.6
No	2,748	2,013	73.7	71.6-75.7	735	26.3	24.3-28.4
Current Asthma
Yes	191	141	74.8	66.9-81.4	50	25.2	18.6-33.1
No	3,498	2,590	74.1	72.2-75.8	908	25.9	24.2-27.8
Diabetes
Yes	537	448	81.2	76.5-85.2	89	18.8	14.8-23.5
Yes, During Pregnancy	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
No	3,121	2,261	73.0	71.0-74.9	860	27.0	25.1-29.0
No, Bordeline Diabetes	48	38	77.3	56.8-89.8	10	22.7	10.2-43.2