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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Cart./Curr./Crav./Dare/Hyde/Paml. 124 61 44.9 35.3-54.8 17 14.8 9.1-23.0 0 0.0 . - . 20 17.9 10.8-28.1 26 22.5 15.1-32.1
RACE
White 119 60 45.8 36.0-56.0 17 15.4 9.5-23.9 0 0.0 . - . 20 18.7 11.3-29.2 22 20.1 13.0-29.8
Other 4 1 24.8 3.2-76.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 75.2 23.5-96.8
AGE
18-44 13 3 32.1 11.3-63.6 3 21.8 7.0-51.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.9 2.7-39.7 5 34.1 14.0-62.2
45+ 111 58 47.2 36.9-57.7 14 13.5 7.9-22.0 0 0.0 . - . 18 19.0 11.2-30.4 21 20.4 12.9-30.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 25 34.9 22.9-49.2 6 8.3 3.6-17.8 0 0.0 . - . 9 18.2 8.3-35.4 22 38.6 25.6-53.5
Some College + 62 36 55.2 41.5-68.1 11 21.5 12.1-35.2 0 0.0 . - . 11 17.5 9.4-30.5 4 5.8 2.1-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 70 31 35.0 24.2-47.7 6 8.9 4.0-18.8 0 0.0 . - . 15 27.0 15.6-42.4 18 29.1 18.5-42.6
$50,000+ 39 24 58.8 41.3-74.3 7 19.9 9.6-36.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.5 1.8-20.9 5 14.9 5.6-33.8

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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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