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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 552 423 74.8 70.0-79.1 129 25.2 20.9-30.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 114 96 86.2 78.0-91.7 18 13.8 8.3-22.0
RACE
White 107 89 84.8 75.9-90.8 18 15.2 9.2-24.1
Other 7 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 13 9 74.1 46.1-90.6 4 25.9 9.4-53.9
45+ 101 87 88.8 80.9-93.7 14 11.2 6.3-19.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 55 44 81.8 68.2-90.4 11 18.2 9.6-31.8
Some College + 59 52 90.7 80.3-95.9 7 9.3 4.1-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 62 52 88.8 79.2-94.3 10 11.2 5.7-20.8
$50,000+ 41 36 84.7 67.5-93.7 5 15.3 6.3-32.5

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* 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.


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