BRFSS 2005 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	217	204	95.2	91.6-97.3	13	4.8	2.7- 8.4
GENDER
Male	83	81	97.3	89.9-99.3	2	2.7	0.7-10.1
Female	134	123	93.4	88.2-96.5	11	6.6	3.5-11.8
RACE
White	203	191	95.2	91.4-97.4	12	4.8	2.6- 8.6
Other	13	13	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
45+	217	204	95.2	91.6-97.3	13	4.8	2.7- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	117	107	92.8	86.5-96.3	10	7.2	3.7-13.5
Some College +	100	97	97.9	93.3-99.4	3	2.1	0.6- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	130	93.3	87.8-96.4	11	6.7	3.6-12.2
$50,000+	36	36	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

*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: Catawba 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
-Catawba County	217	204	95.2	91.6-97.3	13	4.8	2.7- 8.4
GENDER
Male	83	81	97.3	89.9-99.3	2	2.7	0.7-10.1
Female	134	123	93.4	88.2-96.5	11	6.6	3.5-11.8
RACE
White	203	191	95.2	91.4-97.4	12	4.8	2.6- 8.6
Other	13	13	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
45+	217	204	95.2	91.6-97.3	13	4.8	2.7- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	117	107	92.8	86.5-96.3	10	7.2	3.7-13.5
Some College +	100	97	97.9	93.3-99.4	3	2.1	0.6- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	130	93.3	87.8-96.4	11	6.7	3.6-12.2
$50,000+	36	36	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .