BRFSS 2004 - Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	199	105	50.0	42.0-58.0	94	50.0	42.0-58.0
GENDER
Male	67	34	47.6	34.8-60.7	33	52.4	39.3-65.2
Female	132	71	52.0	42.4-61.5	61	48.0	38.5-57.6
RACE
White	176	95	51.7	43.3-60.0	81	48.3	40.0-56.7
Other	22	10	42.2	21.3-66.5	12	57.8	33.5-78.7
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	199	105	50.0	42.0-58.0	94	50.0	42.0-58.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	110	56	47.7	37.1-58.5	54	52.3	41.5-62.9
Some College +	88	48	52.4	40.4-64.1	40	47.6	35.9-59.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	111	51	41.4	31.2-52.3	60	58.6	47.7-68.8
$50,000+	26	16	58.3	37.9-76.2	10	41.7	23.8-62.1

* 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: Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	199	105	50.0	42.0-58.0	94	50.0	42.0-58.0
GENDER
Male	67	34	47.6	34.8-60.7	33	52.4	39.3-65.2
Female	132	71	52.0	42.4-61.5	61	48.0	38.5-57.6
RACE
White	176	95	51.7	43.3-60.0	81	48.3	40.0-56.7
Other	22	10	42.2	21.3-66.5	12	57.8	33.5-78.7
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	199	105	50.0	42.0-58.0	94	50.0	42.0-58.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	110	56	47.7	37.1-58.5	54	52.3	41.5-62.9
Some College +	88	48	52.4	40.4-64.1	40	47.6	35.9-59.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	111	51	41.4	31.2-52.3	60	58.6	47.7-68.8
$50,000+	26	16	58.3	37.9-76.2	10	41.7	23.8-62.1