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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 89 43 48.0 36.7-59.4 16 19.3 11.5-30.6 2 1.3 0.3- 4.9 9 10.5 5.4-19.4 19 21.0 13.4-31.2
GENDER
Male 89 43 48.0 36.7-59.4 16 19.3 11.5-30.6 2 1.3 0.3- 4.9 9 10.5 5.4-19.4 19 21.0 13.4-31.2
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 69 34 48.8 35.9-61.8 13 20.2 11.3-33.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 8 11.9 5.9-22.7 13 18.3 10.6-29.8
Other 19 8 42.8 22.2-66.4 3 16.4 5.2-41.6 1 3.3 0.4-20.4 1 4.9 0.7-28.2 6 32.5 14.9-57.0
AGE
18-44 18 3 12.7 3.9-34.4 2 18.7 5.0-50.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.4 4.9-39.1 10 53.2 30.0-75.0
45+ 71 40 58.0 44.9-70.0 14 19.5 11.1-31.9 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 6 9.1 4.0-19.5 9 11.8 5.9-22.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 25 11 47.6 27.0-69.0 4 15.6 5.1-38.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.1 1.7-25.2 8 29.7 14.5-51.3
Some College + 64 32 48.1 35.1-61.4 12 21.0 11.7-34.8 2 1.8 0.4- 7.1 7 12.0 5.6-23.7 11 17.0 9.4-28.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 28 12 47.5 27.6-68.3 4 12.3 4.3-30.5 2 4.1 1.0-15.6 4 13.4 4.8-32.1 6 22.6 9.8-43.9
$50,000+ 46 25 49.7 34.3-65.2 10 23.6 12.2-40.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 10.4 3.9-25.0 7 16.3 7.9-30.6

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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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