BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means not important at all and 10 means extremely important, how important do you believe it is for you personally to be screened or tested for colon or rectal cancer?)

	Total Respond.^	(1-4) Moderately/important	(5) Important	(6-9) Mostly important	(10) Very important	Don't know
North Carolina	8,850	620	6.3	5.7- 6.9	599	6.3	5.7- 6.9	1,426	16.5	15.6-17.5	5,815	66.8	65.6-68.0	390	4.1	3.7- 4.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	229	19	6.8	4.1-11.0	15	5.9	3.4-10.0	41	17.4	12.5-23.6	141	64.6	57.5-71.2	13	5.4	2.8-10.0
GENDER
Male	87	5	4.2	1.6-10.4	3	3.6	1.2-10.8	19	21.7	13.7-32.7	57	67.3	55.9-76.9	3	3.2	1.0-10.2
Female	142	14	9.0	5.0-15.6	12	7.8	4.2-14.2	22	13.7	8.7-20.8	84	62.3	53.1-70.8	10	7.2	3.3-14.7
RACE
White	218	18	6.8	4.0-11.1	14	5.3	3.0- 9.2	39	17.7	12.7-24.2	135	65.3	57.9-71.9	12	4.9	2.5- 9.5
Other	11	1	6.7	0.9-36.4	1	14.8	2.1-58.0	2	12.3	2.9-39.9	6	53.9	24.6-80.8	1	12.2	1.7-52.6
AGE
45+	229	19	6.8	4.1-11.0	15	5.9	3.4-10.0	41	17.4	12.5-23.6	141	64.6	57.5-71.2	13	5.4	2.8-10.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	116	4	3.6	1.1-10.9	9	7.0	3.4-14.0	19	14.6	8.9-23.0	74	66.3	56.1-75.2	10	8.4	4.1-16.6
Some College +	111	15	10.2	6.0-16.9	6	4.8	2.0-11.0	22	20.6	13.3-30.6	65	62.1	51.8-71.5	3	2.2	0.5- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	154	13	7.5	4.1-13.2	9	5.1	2.4-10.4	29	17.4	11.7-25.2	93	64.6	55.7-72.5	10	5.4	2.6-10.8
$50,000+	45	2	1.6	0.3- 6.8	3	5.6	1.6-17.9	8	20.3	10.1-36.8	32	72.4	56.2-84.3	0	0.0	. - .

*This question was asked only of respondents (male & female) 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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Colorectal Cancer Screening

On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means not important at all and 10 means extremely important, how important do you believe it is for you personally to be screened or tested for colon or rectal cancer?

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	Total Respond.^	(1-4) Moderately/important			(5) Important			(6-9) Mostly important			(10) Very important			Don't know
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,850	620	6.3	5.7- 6.9	599	6.3	5.7- 6.9	1,426	16.5	15.6-17.5	5,815	66.8	65.6-68.0	390	4.1	3.7- 4.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	229	19	6.8	4.1-11.0	15	5.9	3.4-10.0	41	17.4	12.5-23.6	141	64.6	57.5-71.2	13	5.4	2.8-10.0
GENDER
Male	87	5	4.2	1.6-10.4	3	3.6	1.2-10.8	19	21.7	13.7-32.7	57	67.3	55.9-76.9	3	3.2	1.0-10.2
Female	142	14	9.0	5.0-15.6	12	7.8	4.2-14.2	22	13.7	8.7-20.8	84	62.3	53.1-70.8	10	7.2	3.3-14.7
RACE
White	218	18	6.8	4.0-11.1	14	5.3	3.0- 9.2	39	17.7	12.7-24.2	135	65.3	57.9-71.9	12	4.9	2.5- 9.5
Other	11	1	6.7	0.9-36.4	1	14.8	2.1-58.0	2	12.3	2.9-39.9	6	53.9	24.6-80.8	1	12.2	1.7-52.6
AGE
45+	229	19	6.8	4.1-11.0	15	5.9	3.4-10.0	41	17.4	12.5-23.6	141	64.6	57.5-71.2	13	5.4	2.8-10.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	116	4	3.6	1.1-10.9	9	7.0	3.4-14.0	19	14.6	8.9-23.0	74	66.3	56.1-75.2	10	8.4	4.1-16.6
Some College +	111	15	10.2	6.0-16.9	6	4.8	2.0-11.0	22	20.6	13.3-30.6	65	62.1	51.8-71.5	3	2.2	0.5- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	154	13	7.5	4.1-13.2	9	5.1	2.4-10.4	29	17.4	11.7-25.2	93	64.6	55.7-72.5	10	5.4	2.6-10.8
$50,000+	45	2	1.6	0.3- 6.8	3	5.6	1.6-17.9	8	20.3	10.1-36.8	32	72.4	56.2-84.3	0	0.0	. - .