BRFSS 2004 - Pitt 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
-Pitt County	85	58	68.2	56.6-78.0	27	31.8	22.0-43.4
GENDER
Male	85	58	68.2	56.6-78.0	27	31.8	22.0-43.4
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	56	44	79.5	66.2-88.5	12	20.5	11.5-33.8
Other	28	14	50.7	31.0-70.1	14	49.3	29.9-69.0
AGE
18-44	17	7	33.9	15.6-58.6	10	66.1	41.4-84.4
45+	68	51	77.1	65.1-85.9	17	22.9	14.1-34.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	42	28	65.2	48.3-79.0	14	34.8	21.0-51.7
Some College +	43	30	71.9	56.1-83.7	13	28.1	16.3-43.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	43	29	67.1	50.2-80.5	14	32.9	19.5-49.8
$50,000+	33	24	73.1	54.4-86.0	9	26.9	14.0-45.6

* 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: Pitt 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
-Pitt County	85	58	68.2	56.6-78.0	27	31.8	22.0-43.4
GENDER
Male	85	58	68.2	56.6-78.0	27	31.8	22.0-43.4
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	56	44	79.5	66.2-88.5	12	20.5	11.5-33.8
Other	28	14	50.7	31.0-70.1	14	49.3	29.9-69.0
AGE
18-44	17	7	33.9	15.6-58.6	10	66.1	41.4-84.4
45+	68	51	77.1	65.1-85.9	17	22.9	14.1-34.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	42	28	65.2	48.3-79.0	14	34.8	21.0-51.7
Some College +	43	30	71.9	56.1-83.7	13	28.1	16.3-43.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	43	29	67.1	50.2-80.5	14	32.9	19.5-49.8
$50,000+	33	24	73.1	54.4-86.0	9	26.9	14.0-45.6