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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Blad./Bruns./Colum./Pender 128 67 51.2 41.7-60.7 16 13.0 7.8-20.9 8 5.6 2.6-11.8 18 14.2 8.7-22.3 19 16.0 9.8-25.1
RACE
White 105 56 53.1 42.6-63.3 13 11.9 6.8-20.1 6 5.2 2.2-11.7 16 15.2 9.2-24.0 14 14.7 8.1-25.1
Other 23 11 45.1 25.2-66.8 3 16.6 5.5-40.6 2 7.0 1.3-30.7 2 11.0 2.4-37.9 5 20.2 7.8-43.2
AGE
18-44 8 3 44.1 15.2-77.6 1 15.2 2.1-59.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.7 2.0-58.8 3 26.0 6.9-62.4
45+ 120 64 51.8 41.9-61.6 15 12.8 7.6-20.9 8 6.1 2.8-12.8 17 14.1 8.5-22.5 16 15.1 8.8-24.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 25 43.0 30.1-57.0 6 9.4 3.8-21.1 3 5.1 1.3-17.5 9 15.2 7.9-27.3 15 27.4 16.3-42.1
Some College + 70 42 57.7 44.4-70.0 10 15.9 8.5-27.8 5 6.0 2.3-14.8 9 13.4 6.4-25.8 4 7.0 2.1-20.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 61 36 57.2 43.2-70.1 5 7.9 2.9-19.4 3 4.8 1.3-16.8 8 13.9 6.8-26.5 9 16.2 8.0-30.0
$50,000+ 50 25 49.0 33.9-64.2 8 17.4 8.6-32.1 5 8.3 3.2-19.9 8 15.3 7.0-30.3 4 10.1 3.1-28.1

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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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