BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren): (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
-NE Partnership I	230	94	40.1	33.2-47.4	136	59.9	52.6-66.8
GENDER
Male	83	33	38.3	27.8-50.1	50	61.7	49.9-72.2
Female	147	61	41.8	33.3-50.8	86	58.2	49.2-66.7
RACE
White	113	56	49.6	39.5-59.7	57	50.4	40.3-60.5
Other	117	38	32.1	23.4-42.2	79	67.9	57.8-76.6
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	230	94	40.1	33.2-47.4	136	59.9	52.6-66.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	155	51	32.5	24.7-41.3	104	67.5	58.7-75.3
Some College +	75	43	54.8	42.1-66.9	32	45.2	33.1-57.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	145	53	37.0	28.6-46.2	92	63.0	53.8-71.4
$50,000+	23	14	59.7	37.5-78.5	9	40.3	21.5-62.5

* 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: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

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
-NE Partnership I	230	94	40.1	33.2-47.4	136	59.9	52.6-66.8
GENDER
Male	83	33	38.3	27.8-50.1	50	61.7	49.9-72.2
Female	147	61	41.8	33.3-50.8	86	58.2	49.2-66.7
RACE
White	113	56	49.6	39.5-59.7	57	50.4	40.3-60.5
Other	117	38	32.1	23.4-42.2	79	67.9	57.8-76.6
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	230	94	40.1	33.2-47.4	136	59.9	52.6-66.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	155	51	32.5	24.7-41.3	104	67.5	58.7-75.3
Some College +	75	43	54.8	42.1-66.9	32	45.2	33.1-57.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	145	53	37.0	28.6-46.2	92	63.0	53.8-71.4
$50,000+	23	14	59.7	37.5-78.5	9	40.3	21.5-62.5