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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 91 40 43.0 32.7-53.9 7 8.1 3.8-16.3 7 7.1 3.2-14.8 9 9.6 4.9-17.9 28 32.3 23.0-43.2
GENDER
Male 91 40 43.0 32.7-53.9 7 8.1 3.8-16.3 7 7.1 3.2-14.8 9 9.6 4.9-17.9 28 32.3 23.0-43.2
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 79 35 43.3 32.4-55.0 7 9.1 4.3-18.2 6 6.6 2.8-14.8 8 10.1 5.0-19.4 23 30.9 21.2-42.6
Other 12 5 40.5 16.8-69.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.8 1.5-48.8 1 5.4 0.7-30.9 5 43.3 18.7-71.7
AGE
18-44 16 3 19.1 5.6-48.3 2 16.5 4.1-47.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 24.7 8.9-52.5 7 39.7 19.0-65.0
45+ 75 37 48.1 36.5-59.9 5 6.3 2.6-14.5 7 8.6 3.9-17.7 5 6.4 2.6-14.7 21 30.7 20.7-42.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 37 14 36.4 22.1-53.5 4 12.5 4.6-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 13.3 5.3-29.8 14 37.8 23.3-55.0
Some College + 54 26 47.3 33.8-61.2 3 5.2 1.7-15.3 7 11.6 5.3-23.6 4 7.2 2.7-17.8 14 28.7 17.6-43.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 39 17 43.5 28.3-59.9 3 7.8 2.5-21.9 2 4.3 1.1-15.5 7 17.9 8.4-34.2 10 26.6 14.6-43.4
$50,000+ 33 13 39.8 24.2-57.9 3 9.9 3.2-27.1 5 13.1 5.1-29.6 2 5.7 1.4-20.2 10 31.5 17.6-49.8

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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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