BRFSS 2004 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	226	147	65.3	57.9-72.0	79	34.7	28.0-42.1
GENDER
Male	85	57	69.9	58.5-79.2	28	30.1	20.8-41.5
Female	141	90	60.7	51.2-69.4	51	39.3	30.6-48.8
RACE
White	174	117	69.2	61.1-76.3	57	30.8	23.7-38.9
Other	51	29	51.5	36.0-66.8	22	48.5	33.2-64.0
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	226	147	65.3	57.9-72.0	79	34.7	28.0-42.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	86	52	57.5	45.1-69.0	34	42.5	31.0-54.9
Some College +	139	95	70.5	61.4-78.2	44	29.5	21.8-38.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	112	71	63.0	52.3-72.6	41	37.0	27.4-47.7
$50,000+	67	46	67.4	54.1-78.3	21	32.6	21.7-45.9

* 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: Guilford 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
-Guilford County	226	147	65.3	57.9-72.0	79	34.7	28.0-42.1
GENDER
Male	85	57	69.9	58.5-79.2	28	30.1	20.8-41.5
Female	141	90	60.7	51.2-69.4	51	39.3	30.6-48.8
RACE
White	174	117	69.2	61.1-76.3	57	30.8	23.7-38.9
Other	51	29	51.5	36.0-66.8	22	48.5	33.2-64.0
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	226	147	65.3	57.9-72.0	79	34.7	28.0-42.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	86	52	57.5	45.1-69.0	34	42.5	31.0-54.9
Some College +	139	95	70.5	61.4-78.2	44	29.5	21.8-38.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	112	71	63.0	52.3-72.6	41	37.0	27.4-47.7
$50,000+	67	46	67.4	54.1-78.3	21	32.6	21.7-45.9