BRFSS 2004 - Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	144	106	71.0	61.6-78.8	38	29.0	21.2-38.4
GENDER
Male	144	106	71.0	61.6-78.8	38	29.0	21.2-38.4
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	106	83	77.4	67.2-85.2	23	22.6	14.8-32.8
Other	38	23	54.8	36.6-71.7	15	45.2	28.3-63.4
AGE
18-44	18	6	34.0	14.4-61.2	12	66.0	38.8-85.6
45+	126	100	76.0	65.9-83.8	26	24.0	16.2-34.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	83	57	64.5	51.9-75.4	26	35.5	24.6-48.1
Some College +	61	49	79.8	65.3-89.3	12	20.2	10.7-34.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	82	54	63.3	50.6-74.4	28	36.7	25.6-49.4
$50,000+	28	26	90.7	68.9-97.7	2	9.3	2.3-31.1

* 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: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	144	106	71.0	61.6-78.8	38	29.0	21.2-38.4
GENDER
Male	144	106	71.0	61.6-78.8	38	29.0	21.2-38.4
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	106	83	77.4	67.2-85.2	23	22.6	14.8-32.8
Other	38	23	54.8	36.6-71.7	15	45.2	28.3-63.4
AGE
18-44	18	6	34.0	14.4-61.2	12	66.0	38.8-85.6
45+	126	100	76.0	65.9-83.8	26	24.0	16.2-34.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	83	57	64.5	51.9-75.4	26	35.5	24.6-48.1
Some College +	61	49	79.8	65.3-89.3	12	20.2	10.7-34.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	82	54	63.3	50.6-74.4	28	36.7	25.6-49.4
$50,000+	28	26	90.7	68.9-97.7	2	9.3	2.3-31.1