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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 110 45 36.6 27.5-46.7 19 17.4 10.7-26.9 4 3.7 1.3- 9.7 15 16.5 9.7-26.5 27 25.9 17.7-36.3
RACE
White 82 36 40.0 29.3-51.9 14 17.6 10.0-29.2 4 5.3 1.9-13.8 11 15.8 8.4-27.8 17 21.2 12.7-33.1
Other 28 9 29.0 14.8-49.0 5 16.8 6.5-37.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 17.9 6.8-39.6 10 36.3 19.9-56.8
AGE
18-44 12 3 24.6 7.9-55.3 4 33.3 12.2-64.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 23.0 6.4-56.6 2 19.1 4.6-54.0
45+ 98 42 38.6 28.8-49.4 15 14.7 8.4-24.4 4 4.3 1.6-11.3 12 15.4 8.5-26.1 25 27.1 18.2-38.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 63 22 31.3 20.5-44.5 12 17.6 9.6-30.1 2 2.3 0.6- 8.7 7 15.3 7.4-29.1 20 33.5 21.8-47.7
Some College + 47 23 44.8 30.2-60.4 7 17.0 7.4-34.3 2 5.9 1.5-20.6 8 18.2 8.3-35.3 7 14.1 6.4-28.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 58 22 29.7 19.1-43.0 10 17.4 8.9-31.3 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 10 19.2 9.9-33.8 15 32.2 19.8-47.8
$50,000+ 37 18 46.2 29.7-63.6 7 21.4 9.5-41.2 3 8.9 2.8-25.1 3 12.8 3.9-34.4 6 10.8 4.3-24.4

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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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