BRFSS 2005 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties: (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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	239	22	10.2	6.4-15.8	14	7.0	3.9-12.1	33	14.0	9.8-19.5	159	65.0	57.8-71.5	11	3.9	2.0- 7.2
GENDER
Male	82	8	10.6	5.0-21.3	4	5.5	2.0-13.9	15	16.4	9.6-26.5	53	65.0	53.2-75.3	2	2.5	0.6- 9.4
Female	157	14	9.8	5.5-16.8	10	8.2	4.0-15.8	18	12.1	7.6-18.8	106	65.0	56.0-73.0	9	5.0	2.5- 9.8
RACE
White	166	17	10.2	6.1-16.6	12	8.7	4.8-15.3	23	13.4	8.9-19.7	107	64.4	56.0-71.9	7	3.3	1.5- 7.1
Other	71	5	10.2	3.9-23.7	2	3.9	0.8-16.9	10	15.3	8.0-27.4	50	65.7	51.8-77.3	4	4.9	1.7-13.2
AGE
45+	239	22	10.2	6.4-15.8	14	7.0	3.9-12.1	33	14.0	9.8-19.5	159	65.0	57.8-71.5	11	3.9	2.0- 7.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	143	15	11.4	6.4-19.4	8	6.0	2.9-12.1	18	13.4	8.3-20.8	94	64.6	55.2-73.0	8	4.6	2.2- 9.5
Some College +	95	7	8.3	3.7-17.3	6	8.7	3.6-19.7	15	15.2	9.0-24.6	65	66.5	55.0-76.3	2	1.4	0.3- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	12	11.2	6.0-19.9	7	5.6	2.5-12.4	19	14.5	9.1-22.3	95	63.3	53.5-72.0	8	5.4	2.6-10.9
$50,000+	57	3	4.9	1.5-14.6	5	10.8	4.3-24.6	10	13.2	6.8-24.1	38	69.5	55.7-80.6	1	1.6	0.2-10.4

*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: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	239	22	10.2	6.4-15.8	14	7.0	3.9-12.1	33	14.0	9.8-19.5	159	65.0	57.8-71.5	11	3.9	2.0- 7.2
GENDER
Male	82	8	10.6	5.0-21.3	4	5.5	2.0-13.9	15	16.4	9.6-26.5	53	65.0	53.2-75.3	2	2.5	0.6- 9.4
Female	157	14	9.8	5.5-16.8	10	8.2	4.0-15.8	18	12.1	7.6-18.8	106	65.0	56.0-73.0	9	5.0	2.5- 9.8
RACE
White	166	17	10.2	6.1-16.6	12	8.7	4.8-15.3	23	13.4	8.9-19.7	107	64.4	56.0-71.9	7	3.3	1.5- 7.1
Other	71	5	10.2	3.9-23.7	2	3.9	0.8-16.9	10	15.3	8.0-27.4	50	65.7	51.8-77.3	4	4.9	1.7-13.2
AGE
45+	239	22	10.2	6.4-15.8	14	7.0	3.9-12.1	33	14.0	9.8-19.5	159	65.0	57.8-71.5	11	3.9	2.0- 7.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	143	15	11.4	6.4-19.4	8	6.0	2.9-12.1	18	13.4	8.3-20.8	94	64.6	55.2-73.0	8	4.6	2.2- 9.5
Some College +	95	7	8.3	3.7-17.3	6	8.7	3.6-19.7	15	15.2	9.0-24.6	65	66.5	55.0-76.3	2	1.4	0.3- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	12	11.2	6.0-19.9	7	5.6	2.5-12.4	19	14.5	9.1-22.3	95	63.3	53.5-72.0	8	5.4	2.6-10.9
$50,000+	57	3	4.9	1.5-14.6	5	10.8	4.3-24.6	10	13.2	6.8-24.1	38	69.5	55.7-80.6	1	1.6	0.2-10.4