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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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
-Union County 99 44 44.8 33.9-56.3 12 14.3 6.7-28.0 3 2.1 0.6- 6.7 12 10.2 5.5-18.0 28 28.6 19.6-39.7
GENDER
Male 99 44 44.8 33.9-56.3 12 14.3 6.7-28.0 3 2.1 0.6- 6.7 12 10.2 5.5-18.0 28 28.6 19.6-39.7
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 85 40 48.8 36.6-61.1 10 14.5 6.2-30.3 2 1.6 0.4- 6.8 11 11.3 6.0-20.4 22 23.8 15.3-34.9
Other 13 4 25.0 8.2-55.5 2 15.4 3.2-49.6 1 5.8 0.8-32.5 1 3.9 0.5-23.9 5 50.0 22.7-77.3
AGE
18-44 21 2 17.5 4.3-50.0 4 15.3 4.9-38.7 1 3.1 0.4-19.3 3 9.9 3.0-28.2 11 54.2 30.7-76.0
45+ 78 42 53.2 40.1-65.9 8 14.0 5.4-31.8 2 1.8 0.4- 7.5 9 10.3 5.0-19.9 17 20.7 12.6-32.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 35 16 50.7 32.5-68.7 4 10.3 3.5-26.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 2 3.8 0.9-15.0 12 34.0 18.8-53.3
Some College + 64 28 41.4 28.5-55.5 8 16.6 6.4-36.9 2 2.6 0.6-10.1 10 13.9 7.1-25.5 16 25.5 15.4-39.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 42 18 49.1 32.6-65.8 7 14.6 6.4-29.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 6 13.1 5.6-27.9 10 22.1 11.1-39.0
$50,000+ 40 17 38.9 23.3-57.2 3 13.8 2.7-47.7 2 3.9 0.9-14.8 4 7.6 2.5-20.9 14 35.8 20.7-54.4

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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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