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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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
-Mtn. AHEC 269 133 47.2 40.1-54.5 35 12.7 8.8-17.9 8 3.1 1.5- 6.4 38 14.1 9.4-20.6 55 22.9 17.1-30.1
RACE
White 247 123 46.9 39.6-54.4 33 13.0 8.9-18.5 8 3.3 1.6- 6.9 36 14.9 9.8-21.8 47 21.9 15.9-29.3
Other 20 8 47.4 21.8-74.4 2 9.9 1.8-39.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.7 1.3-21.6 8 37.0 15.4-65.5
AGE
18-44 20 5 21.3 6.6-50.8 1 3.9 0.5-23.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.0 0.3-13.6 13 72.8 45.3-89.7
45+ 249 128 50.4 43.0-57.9 34 13.8 9.5-19.5 8 3.5 1.6- 7.2 37 15.6 10.4-22.7 42 16.7 11.7-23.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 49 34.4 24.7-45.6 12 10.9 5.8-19.6 7 6.0 2.7-13.0 16 14.4 7.2-26.8 34 34.2 23.8-46.3
Some College + 150 83 56.6 47.2-65.5 23 14.1 9.0-21.5 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 22 14.0 8.7-21.7 21 14.4 8.7-23.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 74 42.4 33.3-52.1 24 14.6 9.3-22.1 7 4.6 2.0-10.1 21 14.1 8.0-23.8 31 24.2 16.4-34.3
$50,000+ 78 41 53.7 40.9-65.9 10 12.8 6.5-23.6 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 12 15.1 7.9-27.0 14 17.1 9.2-29.7

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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.


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

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