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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Dup./Greene/Harn./Jones/Len./Samp./Wayne 115 99 83.3 73.7-89.9 16 16.7 10.1-26.3
RACE
White 90 80 88.4 78.9-94.0 10 11.6 6.0-21.1
Other 23 17 69.5 45.9-86.0 6 30.5 14.0-54.1
AGE
18-44 17 11 63.5 37.7-83.3 6 36.5 16.7-62.3
45+ 98 88 89.1 79.9-94.4 10 10.9 5.6-20.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 50 40 74.9 58.5-86.4 10 25.1 13.6-41.5
Some College + 65 59 91.0 80.4-96.2 6 9.0 3.8-19.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 58 47 76.1 60.6-86.7 11 23.9 13.3-39.4
$50,000+ 41 37 88.9 72.8-96.0 4 11.1 4.0-27.2

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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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