BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.): (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
-NE Partnership II	117	90	75.1	65.5-82.7	27	24.9	17.3-34.5
GENDER
Male	117	90	75.1	65.5-82.7	27	24.9	17.3-34.5
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	80	66	80.3	68.8-88.3	14	19.7	11.7-31.2
Other	37	24	65.3	47.6-79.5	13	34.7	20.5-52.4
AGE
18-44	12	5	37.2	15.0-66.6	7	62.8	33.4-85.0
45+	105	85	79.3	69.4-86.6	20	20.7	13.4-30.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	62	44	69.1	55.5-80.1	18	30.9	19.9-44.5
Some College +	55	46	81.6	67.1-90.6	9	18.4	9.4-32.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	73	55	73.1	60.6-82.7	18	26.9	17.3-39.4
$50,000+	27	24	88.7	68.2-96.7	3	11.3	3.3-31.8

* 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: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

Prostate Cancer Screening

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?*

View results for a demographic group:	Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:

	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
-NE Partnership II	117	90	75.1	65.5-82.7	27	24.9	17.3-34.5
GENDER
Male	117	90	75.1	65.5-82.7	27	24.9	17.3-34.5
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	80	66	80.3	68.8-88.3	14	19.7	11.7-31.2
Other	37	24	65.3	47.6-79.5	13	34.7	20.5-52.4
AGE
18-44	12	5	37.2	15.0-66.6	7	62.8	33.4-85.0
45+	105	85	79.3	69.4-86.6	20	20.7	13.4-30.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	62	44	69.1	55.5-80.1	18	30.9	19.9-44.5
Some College +	55	46	81.6	67.1-90.6	9	18.4	9.4-32.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	73	55	73.1	60.6-82.7	18	26.9	17.3-39.4
$50,000+	27	24	88.7	68.2-96.7	3	11.3	3.3-31.8