BRFSS 2005 - Davidson 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
-Davidson County	216	202	94.8	91.1-97.0	14	5.2	3.0- 8.9
GENDER
Male	87	85	98.5	93.7-99.7	2	1.5	0.3- 6.3
Female	129	117	90.9	84.3-94.9	12	9.1	5.1-15.7
RACE
White	192	178	94.1	90.0-96.6	14	5.9	3.4-10.0
Other	24	24	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
45+	216	202	94.8	91.1-97.0	14	5.2	3.0- 8.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	142	133	94.6	89.6-97.3	9	5.4	2.7-10.4
Some College +	74	69	95.0	88.0-98.0	5	5.0	2.0-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	135	128	95.7	91.1-98.0	7	4.3	2.0- 8.9
$50,000+	46	44	96.6	87.2-99.2	2	3.4	0.8-12.8

*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: Davidson 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
-Davidson County	216	202	94.8	91.1-97.0	14	5.2	3.0- 8.9
GENDER
Male	87	85	98.5	93.7-99.7	2	1.5	0.3- 6.3
Female	129	117	90.9	84.3-94.9	12	9.1	5.1-15.7
RACE
White	192	178	94.1	90.0-96.6	14	5.9	3.4-10.0
Other	24	24	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
45+	216	202	94.8	91.1-97.0	14	5.2	3.0- 8.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	142	133	94.6	89.6-97.3	9	5.4	2.7-10.4
Some College +	74	69	95.0	88.0-98.0	5	5.0	2.0-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	135	128	95.7	91.1-98.0	7	4.3	2.0- 8.9
$50,000+	46	44	96.6	87.2-99.2	2	3.4	0.8-12.8