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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Prostate Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last digital rectal exam?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
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
-New Hanover County 97 55 55.7 44.9-66.1 8 9.7 4.9-18.3 3 2.4 0.7- 7.8 8 7.0 3.4-13.9 23 25.1 16.6-36.2
GENDER
Male 97 55 55.7 44.9-66.1 8 9.7 4.9-18.3 3 2.4 0.7- 7.8 8 7.0 3.4-13.9 23 25.1 16.6-36.2
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 78 44 56.3 44.3-67.6 5 7.4 3.1-16.7 3 3.1 0.9- 9.8 8 8.9 4.3-17.5 18 24.3 15.3-36.4
Other 18 11 55.4 30.4-77.9 3 18.5 5.9-45.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 26.2 8.9-56.3
AGE
18-44 7 1 7.7 1.0-41.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 15.4 2.1-60.4 5 76.9 37.7-94.8
45+ 90 54 59.9 48.4-70.3 8 10.5 5.3-19.8 3 2.6 0.8- 8.5 7 6.3 2.9-13.2 18 20.7 12.5-32.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 29 15 54.7 36.1-72.2 3 13.3 4.4-34.0 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 1 4.0 0.6-23.4 9 26.0 13.4-44.3
Some College + 68 40 56.2 42.9-68.6 5 8.0 3.3-18.1 2 2.6 0.6-10.7 7 8.3 3.8-17.2 14 24.8 14.4-39.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 45 25 53.8 38.0-68.8 3 8.6 2.8-23.9 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 3 4.9 1.5-14.6 13 31.3 18.2-48.3
$50,000+ 29 17 62.1 43.2-77.9 3 11.6 3.8-30.4 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 2 7.5 1.9-25.6 6 17.0 7.4-34.4

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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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