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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 153 127 81.8 73.6-87.9 26 18.2 12.1-26.4
RACE
White 124 108 86.7 78.2-92.2 16 13.3 7.8-21.8
Other 28 18 64.3 43.5-80.8 10 35.7 19.2-56.5
AGE
18-44 25 15 56.5 36.0-75.1 10 43.5 24.9-64.0
45+ 128 112 89.8 83.0-94.1 16 10.2 5.9-17.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 32 23 65.5 44.6-81.8 9 34.5 18.2-55.4
Some College + 121 104 86.8 78.7-92.1 17 13.2 7.9-21.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 51 38 71.3 54.7-83.7 13 28.7 16.3-45.3
$50,000+ 91 81 87.0 76.6-93.2 10 13.0 6.8-23.4

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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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