BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	230	126	54.3	47.0-61.4	104	45.7	38.6-53.0
GENDER
Male	89	49	56.4	45.1-67.0	40	43.6	33.0-54.9
Female	141	77	52.2	43.1-61.2	64	47.8	38.8-56.9
RACE
White	187	108	57.6	49.5-65.2	79	42.4	34.8-50.5
Other	42	17	39.1	24.0-56.5	25	60.9	43.5-76.0
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	230	126	54.3	47.0-61.4	104	45.7	38.6-53.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	122	60	49.4	39.6-59.2	62	50.6	40.8-60.4
Some College +	108	66	59.8	49.1-69.7	42	40.2	30.3-50.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	125	66	53.2	43.3-62.9	59	46.8	37.1-56.7
$50,000+	43	26	58.1	41.4-73.2	17	41.9	26.8-58.6

* 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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	230	126	54.3	47.0-61.4	104	45.7	38.6-53.0
GENDER
Male	89	49	56.4	45.1-67.0	40	43.6	33.0-54.9
Female	141	77	52.2	43.1-61.2	64	47.8	38.8-56.9
RACE
White	187	108	57.6	49.5-65.2	79	42.4	34.8-50.5
Other	42	17	39.1	24.0-56.5	25	60.9	43.5-76.0
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	230	126	54.3	47.0-61.4	104	45.7	38.6-53.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	122	60	49.4	39.6-59.2	62	50.6	40.8-60.4
Some College +	108	66	59.8	49.1-69.7	42	40.2	30.3-50.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	125	66	53.2	43.3-62.9	59	46.8	37.1-56.7
$50,000+	43	26	58.1	41.4-73.2	17	41.9	26.8-58.6