BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	241	185	77.1	70.7-82.4	56	22.9	17.6-29.3
GENDER
Male	82	69	83.9	73.2-90.9	13	16.1	9.1-26.8
Female	159	116	71.3	63.1-78.4	43	28.7	21.6-36.9
RACE
White	207	161	78.4	71.7-83.9	46	21.6	16.1-28.3
Other	34	24	70.8	51.2-84.8	10	29.2	15.2-48.8
AGE
45+	241	185	77.1	70.7-82.4	56	22.9	17.6-29.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	106	80	77.4	67.8-84.8	26	22.6	15.2-32.2
Some College +	133	104	77.7	68.8-84.6	29	22.3	15.4-31.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	104	74.7	65.9-81.9	37	25.3	18.1-34.1
$50,000+	56	49	87.1	73.9-94.1	7	12.9	5.9-26.1

*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

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
-Buncombe County	241	185	77.1	70.7-82.4	56	22.9	17.6-29.3
GENDER
Male	82	69	83.9	73.2-90.9	13	16.1	9.1-26.8
Female	159	116	71.3	63.1-78.4	43	28.7	21.6-36.9
RACE
White	207	161	78.4	71.7-83.9	46	21.6	16.1-28.3
Other	34	24	70.8	51.2-84.8	10	29.2	15.2-48.8
AGE
45+	241	185	77.1	70.7-82.4	56	22.9	17.6-29.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	106	80	77.4	67.8-84.8	26	22.6	15.2-32.2
Some College +	133	104	77.7	68.8-84.6	29	22.3	15.4-31.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	104	74.7	65.9-81.9	37	25.3	18.1-34.1
$50,000+	56	49	87.1	73.9-94.1	7	12.9	5.9-26.1