BRFSS 2005 - Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	200	128	65.7	58.0-72.7	72	34.3	27.3-42.0
GENDER
Male	76	55	74.4	62.3-83.7	21	25.6	16.3-37.7
Female	124	73	57.3	47.6-66.4	51	42.7	33.6-52.4
RACE
White	180	116	67.5	59.9-74.4	64	32.5	25.6-40.1
Other	18	10	52.0	26.2-76.8	8	48.0	23.2-73.8
AGE
45+	200	128	65.7	58.0-72.7	72	34.3	27.3-42.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	104	63	60.7	49.8-70.6	41	39.3	29.4-50.2
Some College +	96	65	71.1	59.9-80.2	31	28.9	19.8-40.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	108	68	61.2	50.7-70.8	40	38.8	29.2-49.3
$50,000+	50	31	65.9	50.2-78.7	19	34.1	21.3-49.8

*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: Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	200	128	65.7	58.0-72.7	72	34.3	27.3-42.0
GENDER
Male	76	55	74.4	62.3-83.7	21	25.6	16.3-37.7
Female	124	73	57.3	47.6-66.4	51	42.7	33.6-52.4
RACE
White	180	116	67.5	59.9-74.4	64	32.5	25.6-40.1
Other	18	10	52.0	26.2-76.8	8	48.0	23.2-73.8
AGE
45+	200	128	65.7	58.0-72.7	72	34.3	27.3-42.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	104	63	60.7	49.8-70.6	41	39.3	29.4-50.2
Some College +	96	65	71.1	59.9-80.2	31	28.9	19.8-40.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	108	68	61.2	50.7-70.8	40	38.8	29.2-49.3
$50,000+	50	31	65.9	50.2-78.7	19	34.1	21.3-49.8