BRFSS 2004 - Pitt 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
-Pitt County	149	86	55.9	46.6-64.8	63	44.1	35.2-53.4
GENDER
Male	56	32	55.2	40.9-68.8	24	44.8	31.2-59.1
Female	93	54	56.6	45.5-67.0	39	43.4	33.0-54.5
RACE
White	106	65	60.7	50.0-70.5	41	39.3	29.5-50.0
Other	43	21	44.9	28.8-62.2	22	55.1	37.8-71.2
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	149	86	55.9	46.6-64.8	63	44.1	35.2-53.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	72	42	53.8	40.5-66.6	30	46.2	33.4-59.5
Some College +	77	44	58.1	45.5-69.7	33	41.9	30.3-54.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	74	42	54.7	41.1-67.6	32	45.3	32.4-58.9
$50,000+	42	27	65.1	48.4-78.7	15	34.9	21.3-51.6

* 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: Pitt 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
-Pitt County	149	86	55.9	46.6-64.8	63	44.1	35.2-53.4
GENDER
Male	56	32	55.2	40.9-68.8	24	44.8	31.2-59.1
Female	93	54	56.6	45.5-67.0	39	43.4	33.0-54.5
RACE
White	106	65	60.7	50.0-70.5	41	39.3	29.5-50.0
Other	43	21	44.9	28.8-62.2	22	55.1	37.8-71.2
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	149	86	55.9	46.6-64.8	63	44.1	35.2-53.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	72	42	53.8	40.5-66.6	30	46.2	33.4-59.5
Some College +	77	44	58.1	45.5-69.7	33	41.9	30.3-54.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	74	42	54.7	41.1-67.6	32	45.3	32.4-58.9
$50,000+	42	27	65.1	48.4-78.7	15	34.9	21.3-51.6