BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	229	216	94.5	89.3-97.3	13	5.5	2.7-10.7
GENDER
Male	83	79	96.6	90.3-98.9	4	3.4	1.1- 9.7
Female	146	137	92.9	84.1-97.0	9	7.1	3.0-15.9
RACE
White	194	184	96.2	92.6-98.1	10	3.8	1.9- 7.4
Other	34	31	87.5	63.1-96.6	3	12.5	3.4-36.9
AGE
45+	229	216	94.5	89.3-97.3	13	5.5	2.7-10.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	118	111	92.8	82.8-97.2	7	7.2	2.8-17.2
Some College +	111	105	96.2	90.9-98.5	6	3.8	1.5- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	140	132	93.5	85.2-97.3	8	6.5	2.7-14.8
$50,000+	56	55	99.2	94.7-99.9	1	0.8	0.1- 5.3

*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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	229	216	94.5	89.3-97.3	13	5.5	2.7-10.7
GENDER
Male	83	79	96.6	90.3-98.9	4	3.4	1.1- 9.7
Female	146	137	92.9	84.1-97.0	9	7.1	3.0-15.9
RACE
White	194	184	96.2	92.6-98.1	10	3.8	1.9- 7.4
Other	34	31	87.5	63.1-96.6	3	12.5	3.4-36.9
AGE
45+	229	216	94.5	89.3-97.3	13	5.5	2.7-10.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	118	111	92.8	82.8-97.2	7	7.2	2.8-17.2
Some College +	111	105	96.2	90.9-98.5	6	3.8	1.5- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	140	132	93.5	85.2-97.3	8	6.5	2.7-14.8
$50,000+	56	55	99.2	94.7-99.9	1	0.8	0.1- 5.3