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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 132 54 40.6 31.7-50.1 25 17.7 11.7-25.9 7 5.2 2.4-11.2 15 11.0 6.3-18.6 31 25.5 17.8-35.1
RACE
White 120 52 45.0 35.4-54.9 22 18.4 11.9-27.3 6 5.3 2.3-12.1 15 12.6 7.3-21.0 25 18.7 12.4-27.1
Other 11 1 3.5 0.4-22.4 3 13.7 3.5-41.2 1 4.7 0.6-28.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 78.1 50.2-92.6
AGE
18-44 16 7 36.5 17.2-61.5 2 10.4 2.6-34.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 19.5 6.1-47.4 4 33.5 13.4-62.1
45+ 116 47 41.6 32.0-51.8 23 19.5 12.7-28.7 7 6.5 2.9-13.7 12 9.0 4.9-15.9 27 23.5 16.1-33.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 67 22 31.8 20.8-45.3 11 17.1 9.1-29.8 6 8.1 3.4-18.1 6 7.1 2.9-16.3 22 35.9 23.9-50.0
Some College + 65 32 51.1 38.0-64.0 14 18.3 10.6-29.8 1 1.8 0.3-11.8 9 15.7 7.8-29.3 9 13.1 6.7-24.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 72 23 30.8 19.9-44.5 18 23.7 14.3-36.6 4 5.7 2.1-14.7 7 6.1 2.8-13.0 20 33.6 21.7-48.1
$50,000+ 43 23 50.1 34.9-65.2 6 13.9 6.3-27.9 2 5.7 1.4-20.6 6 16.4 7.2-33.2 6 13.9 6.2-28.2

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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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