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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2006
 
C19Q03 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?
Denominator is male respondents aged 40 years and older.

Categories Yes
No
Unk/Ref
Total
% % % N
Age Group: 48.6 50.9 0.5 237
      40-44
      45-54 69.6 29.9 0.6 495
      55-64 83.5 15.5 1.0 424
      65-74 88.5 9.8 1.6 314
      75 + 86.4 12.9 0.7 207
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 12
Sex: 73.5 25.7 0.8 1,689
      Male
Race/Ethnicity: 75.0 24.3 0.7 1,462
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 71.3 26.7 2.0 122
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       60.7 38.6 0.7 52
      Hispanic *** *** *** 37
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 16
Income Group: 59.7 38.0 2.3 117
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 67.9 30.6 1.5 251
      $25-$49,999 70.6 29.1 0.3 508
      $50-$74,999 79.0 20.4 0.5 263
      >=$75,000 79.0 20.2 0.7 376
      Unk/Ref 74.0 25.0 1.1 174
Education Level: 57.3 42.2 0.5 159
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 72.0 27.3 0.7 639
      Some college/Tech school 74.9 24.5 0.6 373
      College Graduate 79.6 19.2 1.2 515
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 3
Marital Status: 76.2 23.1 0.6 1,079
      Married
      Unmarried 65.7 33.0 1.3 604
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 6
Employment Status: 70.2 29.1 0.6 950
      Employed
      Not employed 56.4 41.4 2.2 72
      Student/Homemaker *** *** *** 8
      Retired/Unable to work 83.0 16.1 0.9 651
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 8
Grand Totals 73.5 25.7 0.8 1,689

SOURCE: 2006 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

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