| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2010 |
| C19.03 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 ... prostate gland. Have you ever had a digital rectal exam? (DIGRECEX) |
| Denominator is male respondents 40 years of age and older. |
| Categories | Yes |
No |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | N | |
| Age Group: | 44.6 | 55.4 | 254 |
| 40-44 | |||
| 45-54 | 67.3 | 32.7 | 723 |
| 55-64 | 83.4 | 16.6 | 939 |
| 65-74 | 90.3 | 9.7 | 645 |
| 75 + | 87.5 | 12.5 | 437 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 17 |
| Sex: | 73.1 | 26.9 | 3,015 |
| Male | |||
| Race/Ethnicity: | 74.3 | 25.7 | 2,547 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | |||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 73.2 | 26.8 | 285 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic   | 67.4 | 32.6 | 66 |
| Hispanic | 51.5 | 48.5 | 55 |
| Unk/Ref | 69.1 | 30.9 | 62 |
| Income Group: | 59.9 | 40.1 | 255 |
| < $15,000 | |||
| $15-$24,999 | 64.3 | 35.7 | 466 |
| $25-$49,999 | 75.0 | 25.0 | 891 |
| $50-$74,999 | 75.5 | 24.5 | 456 |
| >=$75,000 | 76.6 | 23.4 | 673 |
| Unk/Ref | 72.7 | 27.3 | 274 |
| Education Level: | 63.2 | 36.8 | 281 |
| < H S Graduate | |||
| H S Graduate/GED | 69.0 | 31.0 | 1,088 |
| Some college/Tech school | 72.1 | 27.9 | 720 |
| College graduate | 80.7 | 19.3 | 918 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 8 |
| Marital Status: | 74.6 | 25.4 | 1,898 |
| Married | |||
| Unmarried | 68.5 | 31.5 | 1,099 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 18 |
| Employment Status: | 69.4 | 30.6 | 1,443 |
| Employed | |||
| Not employed | 52.1 | 47.9 | 183 |
| Student/Homemaker | *** | *** | 13 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 84.0 | 16.0 | 1,362 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 14 |
| Grand Totals | 73.1 | 26.9 | 3,015 |
| SOURCE: 2010 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. |
| Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses |