BRFSS 2004 - Union 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
-Union County	99	71	71.4	60.3-80.4	28	28.6	19.6-39.7
GENDER
Male	99	71	71.4	60.3-80.4	28	28.6	19.6-39.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	85	63	76.2	65.1-84.7	22	23.8	15.3-34.9
Other	13	8	50.0	22.7-77.3	5	50.0	22.7-77.3
AGE
18-44	21	10	45.8	24.0-69.3	11	54.2	30.7-76.0
45+	78	61	79.3	67.8-87.4	17	20.7	12.6-32.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	35	23	66.0	46.7-81.2	12	34.0	18.8-53.3
Some College +	64	48	74.5	60.9-84.6	16	25.5	15.4-39.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	42	32	77.9	61.0-88.9	10	22.1	11.1-39.0
$50,000+	40	26	64.2	45.6-79.3	14	35.8	20.7-54.4

* 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: Union 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
-Union County	99	71	71.4	60.3-80.4	28	28.6	19.6-39.7
GENDER
Male	99	71	71.4	60.3-80.4	28	28.6	19.6-39.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	85	63	76.2	65.1-84.7	22	23.8	15.3-34.9
Other	13	8	50.0	22.7-77.3	5	50.0	22.7-77.3
AGE
18-44	21	10	45.8	24.0-69.3	11	54.2	30.7-76.0
45+	78	61	79.3	67.8-87.4	17	20.7	12.6-32.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	35	23	66.0	46.7-81.2	12	34.0	18.8-53.3
Some College +	64	48	74.5	60.9-84.6	16	25.5	15.4-39.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	42	32	77.9	61.0-88.9	10	22.1	11.1-39.0
$50,000+	40	26	64.2	45.6-79.3	14	35.8	20.7-54.4