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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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 4,210 3,429 79.0 77.4-80.6 781 21.0 19.4-22.6
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 112 89 76.9 66.6-84.8 23 23.1 15.2-33.4
RACE
White 79 66 83.2 71.9-90.5 13 16.8 9.5-28.1
Other 32 22 63.6 43.5-79.9 10 36.4 20.1-56.5
AGE
18-44 16 9 59.6 33.7-81.0 7 40.4 19.0-66.3
45+ 96 80 80.9 69.7-88.7 16 19.1 11.3-30.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 34 58.9 43.3-73.0 18 41.1 27.0-56.7
Some College + 60 55 92.3 81.4-97.1 5 7.7 2.9-18.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 56 40 65.4 49.3-78.7 16 34.6 21.3-50.7
$50,000+ 41 38 92.2 76.8-97.7 3 7.8 2.3-23.2

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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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