BRFSS 2004 - Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	255	161	63.8	56.9-70.1	94	36.2	29.9-43.1
GENDER
Male	103	70	66.8	56.4-75.9	33	33.2	24.1-43.6
Female	152	91	60.6	51.5-69.0	61	39.4	31.0-48.5
RACE
White	226	146	66.3	59.2-72.7	80	33.7	27.3-40.8
Other	29	15	46.3	26.4-67.4	14	53.7	32.6-73.6
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	255	161	63.8	56.9-70.1	94	36.2	29.9-43.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	101	52	52.9	41.7-63.8	49	47.1	36.2-58.3
Some College +	153	109	70.8	62.1-78.2	44	29.2	21.8-37.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	127	69	54.6	44.6-64.2	58	45.4	35.8-55.4
$50,000+	69	51	72.9	59.6-83.1	18	27.1	16.9-40.4

* 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: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	255	161	63.8	56.9-70.1	94	36.2	29.9-43.1
GENDER
Male	103	70	66.8	56.4-75.9	33	33.2	24.1-43.6
Female	152	91	60.6	51.5-69.0	61	39.4	31.0-48.5
RACE
White	226	146	66.3	59.2-72.7	80	33.7	27.3-40.8
Other	29	15	46.3	26.4-67.4	14	53.7	32.6-73.6
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	255	161	63.8	56.9-70.1	94	36.2	29.9-43.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	101	52	52.9	41.7-63.8	49	47.1	36.2-58.3
Some College +	153	109	70.8	62.1-78.2	44	29.2	21.8-37.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	127	69	54.6	44.6-64.2	58	45.4	35.8-55.4
$50,000+	69	51	72.9	59.6-83.1	18	27.1	16.9-40.4