BRFSS 2004 - Orange County: (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
-Orange County	91	72	79.5	69.5-86.9	19	20.5	13.1-30.5
GENDER
Male	91	72	79.5	69.5-86.9	19	20.5	13.1-30.5
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	70	57	82.0	70.6-89.6	13	18.0	10.4-29.4
Other	20	14	69.5	45.6-86.1	6	30.5	13.9-54.4
AGE
18-44	18	8	46.8	25.0-70.0	10	53.2	30.0-75.0
45+	73	64	88.6	78.4-94.3	9	11.4	5.7-21.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	25	17	70.3	48.7-85.5	8	29.7	14.5-51.3
Some College +	66	55	83.6	72.1-90.9	11	16.4	9.1-27.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	28	22	77.4	56.1-90.2	6	22.6	9.8-43.9
$50,000+	46	39	83.7	69.4-92.1	7	16.3	7.9-30.6

* 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: Orange County

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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%)
North Carolina	3,708	2,748	74.2	72.4-75.9	960	25.8	24.1-27.6
-Orange County	91	72	79.5	69.5-86.9	19	20.5	13.1-30.5
GENDER
Male	91	72	79.5	69.5-86.9	19	20.5	13.1-30.5
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	70	57	82.0	70.6-89.6	13	18.0	10.4-29.4
Other	20	14	69.5	45.6-86.1	6	30.5	13.9-54.4
AGE
18-44	18	8	46.8	25.0-70.0	10	53.2	30.0-75.0
45+	73	64	88.6	78.4-94.3	9	11.4	5.7-21.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	25	17	70.3	48.7-85.5	8	29.7	14.5-51.3
Some College +	66	55	83.6	72.1-90.9	11	16.4	9.1-27.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	28	22	77.4	56.1-90.2	6	22.6	9.8-43.9
$50,000+	46	39	83.7	69.4-92.1	7	16.3	7.9-30.6