BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (Do you think people your age or older who do not have symptoms should be tested for colon or rectal cancer?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	8,254	7,808	94.9	94.3-95.4	446	5.1	4.6- 5.7
-Alamance County	215	203	93.3	87.0-96.7	12	6.7	3.3-13.0
GENDER
Male	70	66	90.7	75.0-97.0	4	9.3	3.0-25.0
Female	145	137	95.0	90.0-97.6	8	5.0	2.4-10.0
RACE
White	180	170	94.4	89.5-97.1	10	5.6	2.9-10.5
Other	34	32	88.3	54.9-97.9	2	11.7	2.1-45.1
AGE
45+	215	203	93.3	87.0-96.7	12	6.7	3.3-13.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	110	104	93.7	86.5-97.2	6	6.3	2.8-13.5
Some College +	102	96	92.6	79.8-97.5	6	7.4	2.5-20.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	120	114	94.3	87.3-97.5	6	5.7	2.5-12.7
$50,000+	51	45	87.0	68.1-95.4	6	13.0	4.6-31.9

*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: Alamance County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Do you think people your age or older who do not have symptoms should be tested for colon or rectal cancer?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,254	7,808	94.9	94.3-95.4	446	5.1	4.6- 5.7
-Alamance County	215	203	93.3	87.0-96.7	12	6.7	3.3-13.0
GENDER
Male	70	66	90.7	75.0-97.0	4	9.3	3.0-25.0
Female	145	137	95.0	90.0-97.6	8	5.0	2.4-10.0
RACE
White	180	170	94.4	89.5-97.1	10	5.6	2.9-10.5
Other	34	32	88.3	54.9-97.9	2	11.7	2.1-45.1
AGE
45+	215	203	93.3	87.0-96.7	12	6.7	3.3-13.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	110	104	93.7	86.5-97.2	6	6.3	2.8-13.5
Some College +	102	96	92.6	79.8-97.5	6	7.4	2.5-20.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	120	114	94.3	87.3-97.5	6	5.7	2.5-12.7
$50,000+	51	45	87.0	68.1-95.4	6	13.0	4.6-31.9