BRFSS 2004 - Robeson 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
-Robeson County	186	88	44.7	36.8-53.0	98	55.3	47.0-63.2
GENDER
Male	59	28	44.5	31.6-58.2	31	55.5	41.8-68.4
Female	127	60	45.0	35.4-54.9	67	55.0	45.1-64.6
RACE
White	80	41	49.2	37.0-61.4	39	50.8	38.6-63.0
Other	105	46	41.0	30.9-51.9	59	59.0	48.1-69.1
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	186	88	44.7	36.8-53.0	98	55.3	47.0-63.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	112	54	46.8	36.4-57.5	58	53.2	42.5-63.6
Some College +	73	34	42.9	30.8-55.9	39	57.1	44.1-69.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	54	41.8	32.1-52.1	63	58.2	47.9-67.9
$50,000+	17	9	56.5	30.2-79.7	8	43.5	20.3-69.8

* 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: Robeson 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
-Robeson County	186	88	44.7	36.8-53.0	98	55.3	47.0-63.2
GENDER
Male	59	28	44.5	31.6-58.2	31	55.5	41.8-68.4
Female	127	60	45.0	35.4-54.9	67	55.0	45.1-64.6
RACE
White	80	41	49.2	37.0-61.4	39	50.8	38.6-63.0
Other	105	46	41.0	30.9-51.9	59	59.0	48.1-69.1
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	186	88	44.7	36.8-53.0	98	55.3	47.0-63.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	112	54	46.8	36.4-57.5	58	53.2	42.5-63.6
Some College +	73	34	42.9	30.8-55.9	39	57.1	44.1-69.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	54	41.8	32.1-52.1	63	58.2	47.9-67.9
$50,000+	17	9	56.5	30.2-79.7	8	43.5	20.3-69.8