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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

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
-Guilford County 134 111 83.4 74.7-89.6 23 16.6 10.4-25.3
RACE
White 94 79 84.3 73.9-91.0 15 15.7 9.0-26.1
Other 40 32 82.1 64.6-92.1 8 17.9 7.9-35.4
AGE
18-44 20 11 58.9 35.8-78.7 9 41.1 21.3-64.2
45+ 114 100 89.7 81.4-94.6 14 10.3 5.4-18.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 38 80.6 62.7-91.1 8 19.4 8.9-37.3
Some College + 88 73 84.7 74.1-91.4 15 15.3 8.6-25.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 51 42 83.4 67.8-92.3 9 16.6 7.7-32.2
$50,000+ 62 50 82.5 69.6-90.7 12 17.5 9.3-30.4

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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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