BRFSS 2004 - Robeson 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
-Robeson County	83	53	61.8	49.8-72.6	30	38.2	27.4-50.2
GENDER
Male	83	53	61.8	49.8-72.6	30	38.2	27.4-50.2
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	37	27	71.1	52.7-84.5	10	28.9	15.5-47.3
Other	46	26	54.4	38.5-69.5	20	45.6	30.5-61.5
AGE
18-44	13	4	25.1	8.6-54.5	9	74.9	45.5-91.4
45+	70	49	67.4	54.3-78.2	21	32.6	21.8-45.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	51	32	56.7	41.3-70.9	19	43.3	29.1-58.7
Some College +	31	21	74.6	57.1-86.6	10	25.4	13.4-42.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	54	31	56.3	41.5-70.1	23	43.7	29.9-58.5
$50,000+	13	9	67.1	35.7-88.2	4	32.9	11.8-64.3

* 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: Robeson 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
-Robeson County	83	53	61.8	49.8-72.6	30	38.2	27.4-50.2
GENDER
Male	83	53	61.8	49.8-72.6	30	38.2	27.4-50.2
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	37	27	71.1	52.7-84.5	10	28.9	15.5-47.3
Other	46	26	54.4	38.5-69.5	20	45.6	30.5-61.5
AGE
18-44	13	4	25.1	8.6-54.5	9	74.9	45.5-91.4
45+	70	49	67.4	54.3-78.2	21	32.6	21.8-45.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	51	32	56.7	41.3-70.9	19	43.3	29.1-58.7
Some College +	31	21	74.6	57.1-86.6	10	25.4	13.4-42.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	54	31	56.3	41.5-70.1	23	43.7	29.9-58.5
$50,000+	13	9	67.1	35.7-88.2	4	32.9	11.8-64.3