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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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 4,210 3,429 79.0 77.4-80.6 781 21.0 19.4-22.6
-Buncombe County 98 81 77.5 66.0-86.0 17 22.5 14.0-34.0
RACE
White 90 74 78.2 66.7-86.5 16 21.8 13.5-33.3
Other 6 5 65.1 17.4-94.3 1 34.9 5.7-82.6
AGE
18-44 11 4 28.7 9.9-59.6 7 71.3 40.4-90.1
45+ 87 77 85.2 73.4-92.3 10 14.8 7.7-26.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 36 26 60.6 40.4-77.7 10 39.4 22.3-59.6
Some College + 62 55 87.0 74.7-93.8 7 13.0 6.2-25.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 48 40 72.6 54.0-85.7 8 27.4 14.3-46.0
$50,000+ 35 29 84.3 68.1-93.2 6 15.7 6.8-31.9

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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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