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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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 4,164 2,110 48.3 46.4-50.2 568 13.6 12.4-14.9 211 5.1 4.4- 6.0 494 11.9 10.7-13.2 781 21.1 19.6-22.8
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 110 53 45.5 35.4-55.9 17 16.8 10.1-26.8 5 3.6 1.3- 9.2 12 10.9 6.0-19.2 23 23.2 15.3-33.6
RACE
White 78 39 48.6 36.3-61.0 14 19.3 10.9-31.8 4 3.8 1.2-10.9 8 11.5 5.4-22.7 13 16.9 9.5-28.3
Other 31 13 36.9 21.1-56.1 3 12.6 3.9-33.6 1 3.4 0.5-20.5 4 10.2 3.6-25.6 10 36.9 20.4-57.1
AGE
18-44 16 2 12.2 3.0-38.5 4 32.1 12.0-62.0 1 6.1 0.8-33.4 2 9.2 2.1-32.7 7 40.4 19.0-66.3
45+ 94 51 53.2 41.8-64.2 13 13.3 7.4-22.6 4 3.0 1.0- 8.7 10 11.3 5.8-20.9 16 19.2 11.4-30.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 50 21 38.2 25.1-53.2 5 10.2 3.9-24.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 5 9.2 3.8-20.9 18 41.7 27.5-57.5
Some College + 60 32 51.6 37.3-65.6 12 22.4 12.2-37.5 4 6.0 2.1-16.2 7 12.3 5.4-25.6 5 7.7 2.9-18.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 54 26 45.5 30.8-60.9 5 10.6 3.9-25.7 3 2.9 0.8- 9.2 4 6.0 2.1-16.0 16 35.1 21.7-51.5
$50,000+ 41 20 44.6 29.2-61.0 11 28.6 15.6-46.5 2 5.7 1.4-20.2 5 13.3 5.1-30.5 3 7.8 2.3-23.2

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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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