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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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
-Mtn. AHEC 273 218 77.2 70.1-83.0 55 22.8 17.0-29.9
RACE
White 251 204 78.2 70.9-84.2 47 21.8 15.8-29.1
Other 20 12 63.0 34.5-84.6 8 37.0 15.4-65.5
AGE
18-44 20 7 27.2 10.3-54.7 13 72.8 45.3-89.7
45+ 253 211 83.4 76.7-88.4 42 16.6 11.6-23.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 87 66.1 54.1-76.4 34 33.9 23.6-45.9
Some College + 151 130 85.6 77.0-91.3 21 14.4 8.7-23.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 130 76.0 66.0-83.8 31 24.0 16.2-34.0
$50,000+ 78 64 82.9 70.3-90.8 14 17.1 9.2-29.7

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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