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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 133 102 74.6 65.0-82.3 31 25.4 17.7-35.0
RACE
White 121 96 81.4 73.0-87.6 25 18.6 12.4-27.0
Other 11 5 21.9 7.4-49.8 6 78.1 50.2-92.6
AGE
18-44 16 12 66.5 37.9-86.6 4 33.5 13.4-62.1
45+ 117 90 76.6 67.0-84.0 27 23.4 16.0-33.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 67 45 64.1 50.0-76.1 22 35.9 23.9-50.0
Some College + 66 57 87.0 76.1-93.4 9 13.0 6.6-23.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 72 52 66.4 51.9-78.3 20 33.6 21.7-48.1
$50,000+ 43 37 86.1 71.8-93.8 6 13.9 6.2-28.2

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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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