BRFSS 2004 - Alamance County: (Sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy are exams in which a tube is inserted in the rectum to view the bowel for signs of cancer or other health problems. Have you ever had either of these exams?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	7,384	4,052	55.1	53.7-56.6	3,332	44.9	43.4-46.3
-Alamance County	219	117	56.2	48.7-63.4	102	43.8	36.6-51.3
GENDER
Male	59	33	62.1	48.5-74.0	26	37.9	26.0-51.5
Female	160	84	52.8	44.0-61.4	76	47.2	38.6-56.0
RACE
White	180	98	56.7	48.4-64.7	82	43.3	35.3-51.6
Other	38	18	53.2	35.9-69.8	20	46.8	30.2-64.1
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	219	117	56.2	48.7-63.4	102	43.8	36.6-51.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	119	65	57.0	46.7-66.8	54	43.0	33.2-53.3
Some College +	99	52	55.6	44.5-66.2	47	44.4	33.8-55.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	136	71	52.3	42.7-61.7	65	47.7	38.3-57.3
$50,000+	33	21	69.7	51.2-83.5	12	30.3	16.5-48.8

* 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: Alamance County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy are exams in which a tube is inserted in the rectum to view the bowel for signs of cancer or other health problems. Have you ever had either of these exams?*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	7,384	4,052	55.1	53.7-56.6	3,332	44.9	43.4-46.3
-Alamance County	219	117	56.2	48.7-63.4	102	43.8	36.6-51.3
GENDER
Male	59	33	62.1	48.5-74.0	26	37.9	26.0-51.5
Female	160	84	52.8	44.0-61.4	76	47.2	38.6-56.0
RACE
White	180	98	56.7	48.4-64.7	82	43.3	35.3-51.6
Other	38	18	53.2	35.9-69.8	20	46.8	30.2-64.1
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	219	117	56.2	48.7-63.4	102	43.8	36.6-51.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	119	65	57.0	46.7-66.8	54	43.0	33.2-53.3
Some College +	99	52	55.6	44.5-66.2	47	44.4	33.8-55.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	136	71	52.3	42.7-61.7	65	47.7	38.3-57.3
$50,000+	33	21	69.7	51.2-83.5	12	30.3	16.5-48.8