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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 173 88 49.0 40.1-58.1 18 11.1 6.7-17.8 6 3.6 1.6- 8.1 23 13.3 7.8-21.8 38 22.9 15.8-32.0
RACE
White 159 83 49.1 39.9-58.4 16 10.9 6.4-17.9 6 3.9 1.7- 8.7 23 14.3 8.4-23.3 31 21.8 14.6-31.3
Other 14 5 47.8 17.3-80.0 2 14.2 2.6-51.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 38.0 13.0-71.5
AGE
18-44 9 2 20.5 3.5-64.3 1 5.9 0.8-33.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 73.6 34.3-93.7
45+ 164 86 52.2 42.9-61.3 17 11.7 7.0-19.0 6 4.0 1.7- 9.0 23 14.8 8.7-24.0 32 17.3 11.2-25.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 37 37.0 25.2-50.6 7 9.6 4.2-20.4 5 6.4 2.5-15.3 10 14.8 6.3-30.9 24 32.3 20.5-46.9
Some College + 89 50 58.9 46.7-70.1 11 12.6 6.6-22.6 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 13 12.2 6.4-22.1 14 15.1 7.8-27.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 111 56 46.0 34.9-57.6 14 12.7 7.1-21.8 5 4.9 1.9-11.9 13 13.3 6.4-25.8 23 23.0 14.2-35.1
$50,000+ 43 23 54.7 37.7-70.7 4 11.4 4.2-27.4 1 2.1 0.3-13.5 7 13.8 5.6-30.3 8 17.9 7.7-36.4

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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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