BRFSS 2004 - Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	224	126	54.4	46.5-62.0	98	45.6	38.0-53.5
GENDER
Male	76	35	48.9	36.7-61.2	41	51.1	38.8-63.3
Female	148	91	59.4	49.6-68.6	57	40.6	31.4-50.4
RACE
White	155	95	60.8	51.3-69.6	60	39.2	30.4-48.7
Other	68	30	40.6	28.1-54.4	38	59.4	45.6-71.9
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	224	126	54.4	46.5-62.0	98	45.6	38.0-53.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	75	50.0	40.6-59.5	73	50.0	40.5-59.4
Some College +	75	51	64.8	50.8-76.7	24	35.2	23.3-49.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	134	69	46.1	36.5-56.0	65	53.9	44.0-63.5
$50,000+	34	21	68.7	50.9-82.3	13	31.3	17.7-49.1

* 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: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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?*

View results for a demographic group:	Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:

	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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	224	126	54.4	46.5-62.0	98	45.6	38.0-53.5
GENDER
Male	76	35	48.9	36.7-61.2	41	51.1	38.8-63.3
Female	148	91	59.4	49.6-68.6	57	40.6	31.4-50.4
RACE
White	155	95	60.8	51.3-69.6	60	39.2	30.4-48.7
Other	68	30	40.6	28.1-54.4	38	59.4	45.6-71.9
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	224	126	54.4	46.5-62.0	98	45.6	38.0-53.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	75	50.0	40.6-59.5	73	50.0	40.5-59.4
Some College +	75	51	64.8	50.8-76.7	24	35.2	23.3-49.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	134	69	46.1	36.5-56.0	65	53.9	44.0-63.5
$50,000+	34	21	68.7	50.9-82.3	13	31.3	17.7-49.1