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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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 4,164 2,110 48.3 46.4-50.2 568 13.6 12.4-14.9 211 5.1 4.4- 6.0 494 11.9 10.7-13.2 781 21.1 19.6-22.8
-Alex./Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 112 49 40.7 30.8-51.5 18 20.0 12.4-30.5 8 7.7 3.6-16.0 13 10.0 5.4-17.8 24 21.6 13.8-32.2
RACE
White 99 42 38.6 28.5-49.9 16 21.5 13.1-33.3 8 9.3 4.3-18.9 12 11.3 6.0-20.5 21 19.2 12.1-29.1
Other 13 7 50.8 22.8-78.4 2 12.5 2.6-43.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.5 0.5-22.1 3 33.2 10.4-68.2
AGE
18-44 13 3 22.6 6.4-55.2 2 16.8 4.1-48.6 1 8.3 1.1-41.5 3 15.6 4.3-43.0 4 36.8 13.5-68.6
45+ 99 46 44.7 33.9-56.0 16 20.6 12.4-32.3 7 7.6 3.3-16.7 10 8.8 4.3-17.2 20 18.3 11.3-28.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 65 24 35.4 23.1-50.0 10 20.7 10.8-35.9 3 3.3 1.0-10.7 9 11.6 5.5-22.7 19 28.9 17.5-43.9
Some College + 47 25 49.3 34.0-64.7 8 18.8 9.4-34.0 5 14.9 5.9-32.9 4 7.4 2.3-21.4 5 9.7 3.9-22.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 70 31 41.0 28.6-54.7 9 16.6 8.6-29.8 7 10.8 4.7-22.9 7 6.3 2.7-13.9 16 25.3 14.4-40.5
$50,000+ 29 15 46.7 27.6-66.8 7 28.2 12.9-50.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 15.4 5.5-36.2 3 9.7 3.1-26.8

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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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