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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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
-Northeast Partnership II 146 113 70.5 60.8-78.6 33 29.5 21.4-39.2
RACE
White 107 92 80.6 69.8-88.2 15 19.4 11.8-30.2
Other 38 21 50.1 32.8-67.4 17 49.9 32.6-67.2
AGE
18-44 15 7 43.7 21.1-69.2 8 56.3 30.8-78.9
45+ 131 106 76.1 66.1-83.8 25 23.9 16.2-33.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 79 56 63.2 49.5-75.0 23 36.8 25.0-50.5
Some College + 67 57 80.1 66.1-89.2 10 19.9 10.8-33.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 57 64.9 51.1-76.6 21 35.1 23.4-48.9
$50,000+ 51 43 80.5 64.9-90.2 8 19.5 9.8-35.1

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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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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