Description

For sample persons ages 40 and over who have heard of and had a digital rectal exam, DRXEVYHLTH reports whether the respondent has ever had a digital rectal exam because of a health problem.

Related Variables

Persons who have had digital rectal exams because of health problems were asked follow-up questions to identify the nature of the health problem that led to the exam:

• Bleeding (DRXEVYBLD);

• Blood in stool (DRXEVYBS);

• Bowel trouble (DRXEVYBT);

• Constipation (DRXEVYCON);

• Diverticulitis (DRXEVYDIV);

• Hemorrhoids (DRXEVYHEM).

• Pain (DRXEVYPAIN).

• Prostate enlargement (DRXEVYPROS).

• Difficulty urinating (DRXEVYURI).

• An unrelated medical condition (DRXEVYUNMD).

• Some other health problem (DRXEVYOTH).

Comparability

There are no comparability issues with this variable.

Universe

Availability

• 1987

Weights

• 1987 : SAMPWEIGHT