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

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 547 269 48.0 42.7-53.3 68 11.9 9.1-15.5 27 5.1 3.3- 7.8 54 9.7 7.1-13.1 129 25.3 21.0-30.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 112 64 61.3 50.9-70.7 13 9.6 5.3-16.7 3 2.8 0.9- 8.9 14 12.3 7.2-20.3 18 14.0 8.5-22.2
RACE
White 105 59 60.1 49.4-69.9 12 9.1 4.9-16.1 2 1.8 0.4- 7.4 14 13.6 8.0-22.3 18 15.4 9.4-24.4
Other 7 5 72.7 32.7-93.6 1 14.6 1.9-59.5 1 12.7 1.7-55.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 13 6 51.7 26.1-76.4 2 15.0 3.7-44.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.4 1.0-38.2 4 25.9 9.4-53.9
45+ 99 58 63.4 52.5-73.1 11 8.4 4.5-15.2 3 3.5 1.1-10.7 13 13.4 7.7-22.3 14 11.3 6.4-19.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 54 28 52.5 37.4-67.1 5 10.0 4.0-22.9 3 5.6 1.7-16.9 7 13.4 6.3-26.2 11 18.5 9.7-32.3
Some College + 58 36 70.2 56.8-80.8 8 9.2 4.4-18.3 0 0.0 . - . 7 11.2 5.1-22.7 7 9.4 4.2-19.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 60 33 61.2 46.6-74.1 5 6.0 2.3-14.9 2 3.4 0.8-14.0 10 17.9 9.4-31.2 10 11.5 5.8-21.4
$50,000+ 41 24 59.6 43.0-74.2 8 16.3 7.8-31.0 1 2.7 0.4-16.8 3 6.1 1.9-18.2 5 15.3 6.3-32.5

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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.


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