BRFSS 2004 - Wake 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
-Wake County	119	91	75.8	66.2-83.4	28	24.2	16.6-33.8
GENDER
Male	119	91	75.8	66.2-83.4	28	24.2	16.6-33.8
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	95	75	78.8	68.5-86.5	20	21.2	13.5-31.5
Other	22	14	62.5	38.4-81.7	8	37.5	18.3-61.6
AGE
18-44	34	21	61.8	42.6-77.9	13	38.2	22.1-57.4
45+	85	70	81.4	70.6-88.8	15	18.6	11.2-29.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	29	17	61.4	40.3-79.0	12	38.6	21.0-59.7
Some College +	90	74	80.8	70.4-88.2	16	19.2	11.8-29.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	28	20	66.9	43.9-83.9	8	33.1	16.1-56.1
$50,000+	70	53	76.8	64.8-85.6	17	23.2	14.4-35.2

* 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: Wake 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
-Wake County	119	91	75.8	66.2-83.4	28	24.2	16.6-33.8
GENDER
Male	119	91	75.8	66.2-83.4	28	24.2	16.6-33.8
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	95	75	78.8	68.5-86.5	20	21.2	13.5-31.5
Other	22	14	62.5	38.4-81.7	8	37.5	18.3-61.6
AGE
18-44	34	21	61.8	42.6-77.9	13	38.2	22.1-57.4
45+	85	70	81.4	70.6-88.8	15	18.6	11.2-29.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	29	17	61.4	40.3-79.0	12	38.6	21.0-59.7
Some College +	90	74	80.8	70.4-88.2	16	19.2	11.8-29.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	28	20	66.9	43.9-83.9	8	33.1	16.1-56.1
$50,000+	70	53	76.8	64.8-85.6	17	23.2	14.4-35.2