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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Cart./Curr./Crav./Dare/Hyde/Paml. 124 98 77.5 67.9-84.9 26 22.5 15.1-32.1
RACE
White 119 97 79.9 70.2-87.0 22 20.1 13.0-29.8
Other 4 1 24.8 3.2-76.5 3 75.2 23.5-96.8
AGE
18-44 13 8 65.9 37.8-86.0 5 34.1 14.0-62.2
45+ 111 90 79.6 69.4-87.1 21 20.4 12.9-30.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 40 61.4 46.5-74.4 22 38.6 25.6-53.5
Some College + 62 58 94.2 85.0-97.9 4 5.8 2.1-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 70 52 70.9 57.4-81.5 18 29.1 18.5-42.6
$50,000+ 39 34 85.1 66.2-94.4 5 14.9 5.6-33.8

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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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