BRFSS 2004 - Iredell 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
-Iredell County	219	103	45.4	38.1-52.9	116	54.6	47.1-61.9
GENDER
Male	83	33	38.8	28.2-50.6	50	61.2	49.4-71.8
Female	136	70	52.5	43.3-61.4	66	47.5	38.6-56.7
RACE
White	202	97	47.3	39.7-55.1	105	52.7	44.9-60.3
Other	16	6	24.4	9.8-49.0	10	75.6	51.0-90.2
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	219	103	45.4	38.1-52.9	116	54.6	47.1-61.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	110	47	38.0	28.6-48.3	63	62.0	51.7-71.4
Some College +	108	56	52.8	42.3-63.1	52	47.2	36.9-57.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	103	38	35.0	25.4-45.9	65	65.0	54.1-74.6
$50,000+	46	24	53.4	38.1-68.1	22	46.6	31.9-61.9

* 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: Iredell 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
-Iredell County	219	103	45.4	38.1-52.9	116	54.6	47.1-61.9
GENDER
Male	83	33	38.8	28.2-50.6	50	61.2	49.4-71.8
Female	136	70	52.5	43.3-61.4	66	47.5	38.6-56.7
RACE
White	202	97	47.3	39.7-55.1	105	52.7	44.9-60.3
Other	16	6	24.4	9.8-49.0	10	75.6	51.0-90.2
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	219	103	45.4	38.1-52.9	116	54.6	47.1-61.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	110	47	38.0	28.6-48.3	63	62.0	51.7-71.4
Some College +	108	56	52.8	42.3-63.1	52	47.2	36.9-57.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	103	38	35.0	25.4-45.9	65	65.0	54.1-74.6
$50,000+	46	24	53.4	38.1-68.1	22	46.6	31.9-61.9