BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	269	172	62.6	55.8-69.0	97	37.4	31.0-44.2
GENDER
Male	93	59	60.0	48.5-70.5	34	40.0	29.5-51.5
Female	176	113	64.5	56.3-72.0	63	35.5	28.0-43.7
RACE
White	242	157	63.7	56.5-70.3	85	36.3	29.7-43.5
Other	27	15	52.4	32.5-71.6	12	47.6	28.4-67.5
AGE
45+	269	172	62.6	55.8-69.0	97	37.4	31.0-44.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	170	97	55.4	46.8-63.7	73	44.6	36.3-53.2
Some College +	97	73	75.1	64.2-83.5	24	24.9	16.5-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	172	110	61.8	53.2-69.8	62	38.2	30.2-46.8
$50,000+	49	30	62.5	46.9-75.9	19	37.5	24.1-53.1

*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: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	269	172	62.6	55.8-69.0	97	37.4	31.0-44.2
GENDER
Male	93	59	60.0	48.5-70.5	34	40.0	29.5-51.5
Female	176	113	64.5	56.3-72.0	63	35.5	28.0-43.7
RACE
White	242	157	63.7	56.5-70.3	85	36.3	29.7-43.5
Other	27	15	52.4	32.5-71.6	12	47.6	28.4-67.5
AGE
45+	269	172	62.6	55.8-69.0	97	37.4	31.0-44.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	170	97	55.4	46.8-63.7	73	44.6	36.3-53.2
Some College +	97	73	75.1	64.2-83.5	24	24.9	16.5-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	172	110	61.8	53.2-69.8	62	38.2	30.2-46.8
$50,000+	49	30	62.5	46.9-75.9	19	37.5	24.1-53.1