BRFSS 2005 - Catawba County: (On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means not important at all and 10 means extremely important, how important do you believe it is for you personally to be screened or tested for colon or rectal cancer?)

	Total Respond.^	(1-4) Moderately/important	(5) Important	(6-9) Mostly important	(10) Very important	Don't know
North Carolina	8,850	620	6.3	5.7- 6.9	599	6.3	5.7- 6.9	1,426	16.5	15.6-17.5	5,815	66.8	65.6-68.0	390	4.1	3.7- 4.7
-Catawba County	239	29	10.3	6.9-15.0	17	6.8	4.0-11.5	47	20.1	14.9-26.4	139	60.2	53.1-66.9	7	2.6	1.2- 5.6
GENDER
Male	89	7	8.9	4.2-17.7	4	4.6	1.6-12.3	22	24.1	15.8-35.0	55	61.8	50.5-72.0	1	0.6	0.1- 3.9
Female	150	22	11.4	7.3-17.4	13	8.7	4.6-15.6	25	16.7	11.1-24.5	84	58.9	49.8-67.4	6	4.3	1.8- 9.6
RACE
White	225	28	10.7	7.1-15.6	16	6.9	3.9-11.7	45	20.7	15.3-27.3	130	59.3	52.0-66.3	6	2.5	1.1- 5.7
Other	13	1	4.2	0.5-25.7	1	6.9	0.9-37.1	2	10.3	2.3-36.0	9	78.7	50.7-93.0	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
45+	239	29	10.3	6.9-15.0	17	6.8	4.0-11.5	47	20.1	14.9-26.4	139	60.2	53.1-66.9	7	2.6	1.2- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	134	18	11.4	7.0-18.0	10	8.8	4.4-16.8	26	19.5	13.0-28.2	73	55.6	46.1-64.6	7	4.8	2.2-10.2
Some College +	105	11	8.9	4.6-16.7	7	4.5	2.1- 9.5	21	20.8	13.4-30.8	66	65.8	55.1-75.0	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	155	25	13.6	8.9-20.2	11	6.9	3.5-13.2	28	17.8	12.0-25.7	88	59.7	50.8-68.0	3	2.0	0.6- 6.4
$50,000+	40	3	6.9	2.1-20.1	1	3.5	0.5-21.1	8	20.9	10.5-37.3	28	68.6	51.6-81.8	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

On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means not important at all and 10 means extremely important, how important do you believe it is for you personally to be screened or tested for colon or rectal cancer?

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	Total Respond.^	(1-4) Moderately/important			(5) Important			(6-9) Mostly important			(10) Very important			Don't know
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,850	620	6.3	5.7- 6.9	599	6.3	5.7- 6.9	1,426	16.5	15.6-17.5	5,815	66.8	65.6-68.0	390	4.1	3.7- 4.7
-Catawba County	239	29	10.3	6.9-15.0	17	6.8	4.0-11.5	47	20.1	14.9-26.4	139	60.2	53.1-66.9	7	2.6	1.2- 5.6
GENDER
Male	89	7	8.9	4.2-17.7	4	4.6	1.6-12.3	22	24.1	15.8-35.0	55	61.8	50.5-72.0	1	0.6	0.1- 3.9
Female	150	22	11.4	7.3-17.4	13	8.7	4.6-15.6	25	16.7	11.1-24.5	84	58.9	49.8-67.4	6	4.3	1.8- 9.6
RACE
White	225	28	10.7	7.1-15.6	16	6.9	3.9-11.7	45	20.7	15.3-27.3	130	59.3	52.0-66.3	6	2.5	1.1- 5.7
Other	13	1	4.2	0.5-25.7	1	6.9	0.9-37.1	2	10.3	2.3-36.0	9	78.7	50.7-93.0	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
45+	239	29	10.3	6.9-15.0	17	6.8	4.0-11.5	47	20.1	14.9-26.4	139	60.2	53.1-66.9	7	2.6	1.2- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	134	18	11.4	7.0-18.0	10	8.8	4.4-16.8	26	19.5	13.0-28.2	73	55.6	46.1-64.6	7	4.8	2.2-10.2
Some College +	105	11	8.9	4.6-16.7	7	4.5	2.1- 9.5	21	20.8	13.4-30.8	66	65.8	55.1-75.0	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	155	25	13.6	8.9-20.2	11	6.9	3.5-13.2	28	17.8	12.0-25.7	88	59.7	50.8-68.0	3	2.0	0.6- 6.4
$50,000+	40	3	6.9	2.1-20.1	1	3.5	0.5-21.1	8	20.9	10.5-37.3	28	68.6	51.6-81.8	0	0.0	. - .