BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	221	213	96.0	91.8-98.1	8	4.0	1.9- 8.2
GENDER
Male	77	74	95.9	87.0-98.8	3	4.1	1.2-13.0
Female	144	139	96.1	90.8-98.4	5	3.9	1.6- 9.2
RACE
White	191	185	97.2	93.7-98.8	6	2.8	1.2- 6.3
Other	30	28	89.9	67.2-97.5	2	10.1	2.5-32.8
AGE
45+	221	213	96.0	91.8-98.1	8	4.0	1.9- 8.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	97	94	96.9	90.6-99.0	3	3.1	1.0- 9.4
Some College +	122	118	96.5	90.1-98.8	4	3.5	1.2- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	125	95.3	89.5-97.9	6	4.7	2.1-10.5
$50,000+	54	53	96.5	79.1-99.5	1	3.5	0.5-20.9

*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: Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	221	213	96.0	91.8-98.1	8	4.0	1.9- 8.2
GENDER
Male	77	74	95.9	87.0-98.8	3	4.1	1.2-13.0
Female	144	139	96.1	90.8-98.4	5	3.9	1.6- 9.2
RACE
White	191	185	97.2	93.7-98.8	6	2.8	1.2- 6.3
Other	30	28	89.9	67.2-97.5	2	10.1	2.5-32.8
AGE
45+	221	213	96.0	91.8-98.1	8	4.0	1.9- 8.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	97	94	96.9	90.6-99.0	3	3.1	1.0- 9.4
Some College +	122	118	96.5	90.1-98.8	4	3.5	1.2- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	125	95.3	89.5-97.9	6	4.7	2.1-10.5
$50,000+	54	53	96.5	79.1-99.5	1	3.5	0.5-20.9