BRFSS 2004 - Orange 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
-Orange County	173	113	65.6	57.1-73.2	60	34.4	26.8-42.9
GENDER
Male	62	39	66.6	52.9-78.0	23	33.4	22.0-47.1
Female	111	74	64.8	53.9-74.2	37	35.2	25.8-46.1
RACE
White	143	95	68.2	59.1-76.2	48	31.8	23.8-40.9
Other	29	18	55.4	35.0-74.2	11	44.6	25.8-65.0
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	173	113	65.6	57.1-73.2	60	34.4	26.8-42.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	26	65.1	48.2-78.9	17	34.9	21.1-51.8
Some College +	130	87	65.8	55.8-74.6	43	34.2	25.4-44.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	61	39	64.4	49.3-77.1	22	35.6	22.9-50.7
$50,000+	73	49	68.1	55.0-78.9	24	31.9	21.1-45.0

* 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: Orange 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
-Orange County	173	113	65.6	57.1-73.2	60	34.4	26.8-42.9
GENDER
Male	62	39	66.6	52.9-78.0	23	33.4	22.0-47.1
Female	111	74	64.8	53.9-74.2	37	35.2	25.8-46.1
RACE
White	143	95	68.2	59.1-76.2	48	31.8	23.8-40.9
Other	29	18	55.4	35.0-74.2	11	44.6	25.8-65.0
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	173	113	65.6	57.1-73.2	60	34.4	26.8-42.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	26	65.1	48.2-78.9	17	34.9	21.1-51.8
Some College +	130	87	65.8	55.8-74.6	43	34.2	25.4-44.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	61	39	64.4	49.3-77.1	22	35.6	22.9-50.7
$50,000+	73	49	68.1	55.0-78.9	24	31.9	21.1-45.0