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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Blad./Bruns./Colum./Pender 130 111 84.2 75.1-90.3 19 15.8 9.7-24.9
RACE
White 107 93 85.5 75.2-92.0 14 14.5 8.0-24.8
Other 23 18 79.8 56.8-92.2 5 20.2 7.8-43.2
AGE
18-44 8 5 74.0 37.6-93.1 3 26.0 6.9-62.4
45+ 122 106 85.0 75.5-91.3 16 15.0 8.7-24.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 43 72.6 57.9-83.7 15 27.4 16.3-42.1
Some College + 72 68 93.1 79.5-97.9 4 6.9 2.1-20.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 63 54 84.1 70.5-92.2 9 15.9 7.8-29.5
$50,000+ 50 46 89.9 71.9-96.9 4 10.1 3.1-28.1

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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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