BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	251	168	65.3	58.1-71.8	83	34.7	28.2-41.9
GENDER
Male	85	57	66.8	55.0-76.8	28	33.2	23.2-45.0
Female	166	111	64.2	55.1-72.4	55	35.8	27.6-44.9
RACE
White	210	145	68.1	60.4-74.9	65	31.9	25.1-39.6
Other	40	23	54.8	37.0-71.5	17	45.2	28.5-63.0
AGE
45+	251	168	65.3	58.1-71.8	83	34.7	28.2-41.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	133	85	59.6	49.4-69.0	48	40.4	31.0-50.6
Some College +	118	83	71.3	61.4-79.6	35	28.7	20.4-38.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	101	65.4	56.3-73.5	52	34.6	26.5-43.7
$50,000+	60	43	68.3	53.1-80.3	17	31.7	19.7-46.9

*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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	251	168	65.3	58.1-71.8	83	34.7	28.2-41.9
GENDER
Male	85	57	66.8	55.0-76.8	28	33.2	23.2-45.0
Female	166	111	64.2	55.1-72.4	55	35.8	27.6-44.9
RACE
White	210	145	68.1	60.4-74.9	65	31.9	25.1-39.6
Other	40	23	54.8	37.0-71.5	17	45.2	28.5-63.0
AGE
45+	251	168	65.3	58.1-71.8	83	34.7	28.2-41.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	133	85	59.6	49.4-69.0	48	40.4	31.0-50.6
Some College +	118	83	71.3	61.4-79.6	35	28.7	20.4-38.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	101	65.4	56.3-73.5	52	34.6	26.5-43.7
$50,000+	60	43	68.3	53.1-80.3	17	31.7	19.7-46.9