BRFSS 2004 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	207	101	47.6	39.5-55.9	106	52.4	44.1-60.5
GENDER
Male	74	36	46.5	34.0-59.4	38	53.5	40.6-66.0
Female	133	65	48.8	39.1-58.6	68	51.2	41.4-60.9
RACE
White	143	71	50.0	40.6-59.4	72	50.0	40.6-59.4
Other	62	28	42.0	27.6-57.9	34	58.0	42.1-72.4
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	207	101	47.6	39.5-55.9	106	52.4	44.1-60.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	127	60	44.3	34.1-55.0	67	55.7	45.0-65.9
Some College +	80	41	52.6	39.8-65.1	39	47.4	34.9-60.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	114	55	47.4	36.6-58.6	59	52.6	41.4-63.4
$50,000+	35	20	60.0	40.9-76.4	15	40.0	23.6-59.1

* 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: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	207	101	47.6	39.5-55.9	106	52.4	44.1-60.5
GENDER
Male	74	36	46.5	34.0-59.4	38	53.5	40.6-66.0
Female	133	65	48.8	39.1-58.6	68	51.2	41.4-60.9
RACE
White	143	71	50.0	40.6-59.4	72	50.0	40.6-59.4
Other	62	28	42.0	27.6-57.9	34	58.0	42.1-72.4
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	207	101	47.6	39.5-55.9	106	52.4	44.1-60.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	127	60	44.3	34.1-55.0	67	55.7	45.0-65.9
Some College +	80	41	52.6	39.8-65.1	39	47.4	34.9-60.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	114	55	47.4	36.6-58.6	59	52.6	41.4-63.4
$50,000+	35	20	60.0	40.9-76.4	15	40.0	23.6-59.1