BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (A blood stool test is a test that may use a special kit at home to determine whether the stool contains blood. Have you ever had this test using a home kit?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	7,409	4,146	55.6	54.1-57.0	3,263	44.4	43.0-45.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	198	105	50.6	41.3-59.9	93	49.4	40.1-58.7
GENDER
Male	71	34	44.1	30.0-59.3	37	55.9	40.7-70.0
Female	127	71	57.4	47.7-66.6	56	42.6	33.4-52.3
RACE
White	193	104	55.4	47.4-63.2	89	44.6	36.8-52.6
Other	5	1	9.4	1.0-51.7	4	90.6	48.3-99.0
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	198	105	50.6	41.3-59.9	93	49.4	40.1-58.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	124	62	46.8	34.9-59.0	62	53.2	41.0-65.1
Some College +	74	43	58.5	45.9-70.1	31	41.5	29.9-54.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	121	64	48.1	36.1-60.3	57	51.9	39.7-63.9
$50,000+	35	22	66.0	48.2-80.3	13	34.0	19.7-51.8

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being age 50 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, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	7,409	4,146	55.6	54.1-57.0	3,263	44.4	43.0-45.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	198	105	50.6	41.3-59.9	93	49.4	40.1-58.7
GENDER
Male	71	34	44.1	30.0-59.3	37	55.9	40.7-70.0
Female	127	71	57.4	47.7-66.6	56	42.6	33.4-52.3
RACE
White	193	104	55.4	47.4-63.2	89	44.6	36.8-52.6
Other	5	1	9.4	1.0-51.7	4	90.6	48.3-99.0
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	198	105	50.6	41.3-59.9	93	49.4	40.1-58.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	124	62	46.8	34.9-59.0	62	53.2	41.0-65.1
Some College +	74	43	58.5	45.9-70.1	31	41.5	29.9-54.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	121	64	48.1	36.1-60.3	57	51.9	39.7-63.9
$50,000+	35	22	66.0	48.2-80.3	13	34.0	19.7-51.8