BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	336	169	53.2	46.6-59.6	167	46.8	40.4-53.4
GENDER
Male	117	64	57.5	46.8-67.6	53	42.5	32.4-53.2
Female	219	105	49.3	41.4-57.3	114	50.7	42.7-58.6
RACE
White	296	150	53.0	46.2-59.7	146	47.0	40.3-53.8
Other	38	18	52.6	27.8-76.1	20	47.4	23.9-72.2
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	336	169	53.2	46.6-59.6	167	46.8	40.4-53.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	165	62	45.1	35.5-55.1	103	54.9	44.9-64.5
Some College +	168	105	59.3	50.4-67.7	63	40.7	32.3-49.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	182	85	49.0	39.9-58.0	97	51.0	42.0-60.1
$50,000+	63	39	61.3	47.2-73.8	24	38.7	26.2-52.8

* 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: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	336	169	53.2	46.6-59.6	167	46.8	40.4-53.4
GENDER
Male	117	64	57.5	46.8-67.6	53	42.5	32.4-53.2
Female	219	105	49.3	41.4-57.3	114	50.7	42.7-58.6
RACE
White	296	150	53.0	46.2-59.7	146	47.0	40.3-53.8
Other	38	18	52.6	27.8-76.1	20	47.4	23.9-72.2
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	336	169	53.2	46.6-59.6	167	46.8	40.4-53.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	165	62	45.1	35.5-55.1	103	54.9	44.9-64.5
Some College +	168	105	59.3	50.4-67.7	63	40.7	32.3-49.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	182	85	49.0	39.9-58.0	97	51.0	42.0-60.1
$50,000+	63	39	61.3	47.2-73.8	24	38.7	26.2-52.8