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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 144 71 47.1 38.2-56.3 21 14.5 9.1-22.2 6 4.5 1.9-10.4 8 4.9 2.3-10.1 38 29.0 21.2-38.4
GENDER
Male 144 71 47.1 38.2-56.3 21 14.5 9.1-22.2 6 4.5 1.9-10.4 8 4.9 2.3-10.1 38 29.0 21.2-38.4
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 106 55 51.7 41.1-62.2 16 14.3 8.3-23.5 6 6.3 2.6-14.3 6 5.1 2.1-12.0 23 22.6 14.8-32.8
Other 38 16 35.6 21.1-53.4 5 14.9 5.9-32.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.3 1.0-16.8 15 45.2 28.3-63.4
AGE
18-44 18 5 30.9 12.1-59.1 1 3.1 0.4-19.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 12 66.0 38.8-85.6
45+ 126 66 49.3 39.6-59.1 20 16.0 10.0-24.6 6 5.1 2.1-11.8 8 5.5 2.6-11.5 26 24.0 16.2-34.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 37 42.8 31.3-55.0 11 12.3 6.4-22.3 4 3.8 1.3-10.5 5 5.7 2.1-14.2 26 35.5 24.6-48.1
Some College + 61 34 53.1 39.1-66.6 10 17.5 9.0-31.2 2 5.5 1.4-19.2 3 3.8 1.1-11.9 12 20.2 10.7-34.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 82 35 41.0 29.7-53.3 10 12.3 6.3-22.6 4 4.5 1.5-12.9 5 5.5 2.1-13.6 28 36.7 25.6-49.4
$50,000+ 28 15 56.9 37.1-74.7 7 20.3 9.3-38.7 2 9.0 2.2-30.3 2 4.5 0.9-20.1 2 9.3 2.3-31.1

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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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