BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	233	158	65.0	57.2-72.1	75	35.0	27.9-42.8
GENDER
Male	77	55	62.6	48.4-74.9	22	37.4	25.1-51.6
Female	156	103	66.6	57.6-74.5	53	33.4	25.5-42.4
RACE
White	197	136	67.9	59.6-75.2	61	32.1	24.8-40.4
Other	35	21	50.0	31.1-68.9	14	50.0	31.1-68.9
AGE
45+	233	158	65.0	57.2-72.1	75	35.0	27.9-42.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	122	79	62.0	51.0-71.8	43	38.0	28.2-49.0
Some College +	108	76	66.7	55.1-76.6	32	33.3	23.4-44.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	85	62.1	52.0-71.2	46	37.9	28.8-48.0
$50,000+	53	36	64.5	46.7-79.0	17	35.5	21.0-53.3

*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

Has a health professional ever recommended that you 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	8,787	5,944	68.1	66.8-69.3	2,843	31.9	30.7-33.2
-Alamance County	233	158	65.0	57.2-72.1	75	35.0	27.9-42.8
GENDER
Male	77	55	62.6	48.4-74.9	22	37.4	25.1-51.6
Female	156	103	66.6	57.6-74.5	53	33.4	25.5-42.4
RACE
White	197	136	67.9	59.6-75.2	61	32.1	24.8-40.4
Other	35	21	50.0	31.1-68.9	14	50.0	31.1-68.9
AGE
45+	233	158	65.0	57.2-72.1	75	35.0	27.9-42.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	122	79	62.0	51.0-71.8	43	38.0	28.2-49.0
Some College +	108	76	66.7	55.1-76.6	32	33.3	23.4-44.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	85	62.1	52.0-71.2	46	37.9	28.8-48.0
$50,000+	53	36	64.5	46.7-79.0	17	35.5	21.0-53.3