BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (Has a health professional ever recommended that you be tested for colon or rectal cancer?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	8,787	5,944	68.1	66.8-69.3	2,843	31.9	30.7-33.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	228	134	60.0	52.7-67.0	94	40.0	33.0-47.3
GENDER
Male	87	54	62.2	50.3-72.7	33	37.8	27.3-49.7
Female	141	80	58.2	48.8-67.0	61	41.8	33.0-51.2
RACE
White	217	128	60.6	53.1-67.7	89	39.4	32.3-46.9
Other	11	6	50.1	21.9-78.2	5	49.9	21.8-78.1
AGE
45+	228	134	60.0	52.7-67.0	94	40.0	33.0-47.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	115	62	52.7	42.4-62.9	53	47.3	37.1-57.6
Some College +	111	70	66.8	56.4-75.8	41	33.2	24.2-43.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	82	55.3	46.2-64.1	71	44.7	35.9-53.8
$50,000+	45	33	74.1	58.1-85.4	12	25.9	14.6-41.9

*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

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,787	5,944	68.1	66.8-69.3	2,843	31.9	30.7-33.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	228	134	60.0	52.7-67.0	94	40.0	33.0-47.3
GENDER
Male	87	54	62.2	50.3-72.7	33	37.8	27.3-49.7
Female	141	80	58.2	48.8-67.0	61	41.8	33.0-51.2
RACE
White	217	128	60.6	53.1-67.7	89	39.4	32.3-46.9
Other	11	6	50.1	21.9-78.2	5	49.9	21.8-78.1
AGE
45+	228	134	60.0	52.7-67.0	94	40.0	33.0-47.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	115	62	52.7	42.4-62.9	53	47.3	37.1-57.6
Some College +	111	70	66.8	56.4-75.8	41	33.2	24.2-43.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	82	55.3	46.2-64.1	71	44.7	35.9-53.8
$50,000+	45	33	74.1	58.1-85.4	12	25.9	14.6-41.9