BRFSS 2004 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	203	93	42.5	35.2-50.2	110	57.5	49.8-64.8
GENDER
Male	56	25	40.9	28.5-54.7	31	59.1	45.3-71.5
Female	147	68	43.6	35.1-52.5	79	56.4	47.5-64.9
RACE
White	141	73	49.6	40.4-58.7	68	50.4	41.3-59.6
Other	62	20	28.1	17.9-41.3	42	71.9	58.7-82.1
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	203	93	42.5	35.2-50.2	110	57.5	49.8-64.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	120	51	41.1	31.9-51.1	69	58.9	48.9-68.1
Some College +	83	42	44.7	33.2-56.8	41	55.3	43.2-66.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	55	44.8	35.0-55.1	62	55.2	44.9-65.0
$50,000+	31	14	47.1	29.4-65.6	17	52.9	34.4-70.6

* 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: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	203	93	42.5	35.2-50.2	110	57.5	49.8-64.8
GENDER
Male	56	25	40.9	28.5-54.7	31	59.1	45.3-71.5
Female	147	68	43.6	35.1-52.5	79	56.4	47.5-64.9
RACE
White	141	73	49.6	40.4-58.7	68	50.4	41.3-59.6
Other	62	20	28.1	17.9-41.3	42	71.9	58.7-82.1
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	203	93	42.5	35.2-50.2	110	57.5	49.8-64.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	120	51	41.1	31.9-51.1	69	58.9	48.9-68.1
Some College +	83	42	44.7	33.2-56.8	41	55.3	43.2-66.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	55	44.8	35.0-55.1	62	55.2	44.9-65.0
$50,000+	31	14	47.1	29.4-65.6	17	52.9	34.4-70.6