BRFSS 2005 - Davidson 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
-Davidson County	229	144	62.3	55.0-69.1	85	37.7	30.9-45.0
GENDER
Male	92	59	65.0	53.6-75.0	33	35.0	25.0-46.4
Female	137	85	59.5	50.2-68.1	52	40.5	31.9-49.8
RACE
White	203	129	62.6	54.8-69.8	74	37.4	30.2-45.2
Other	26	15	59.4	38.1-77.7	11	40.6	22.3-61.9
AGE
45+	229	144	62.3	55.0-69.1	85	37.7	30.9-45.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	153	95	60.9	52.0-69.2	58	39.1	30.8-48.0
Some College +	76	49	64.8	52.0-75.7	27	35.2	24.3-48.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	144	88	59.9	50.5-68.6	56	40.1	31.4-49.5
$50,000+	47	30	67.6	52.3-79.9	17	32.4	20.1-47.7

*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

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
-Davidson County	229	144	62.3	55.0-69.1	85	37.7	30.9-45.0
GENDER
Male	92	59	65.0	53.6-75.0	33	35.0	25.0-46.4
Female	137	85	59.5	50.2-68.1	52	40.5	31.9-49.8
RACE
White	203	129	62.6	54.8-69.8	74	37.4	30.2-45.2
Other	26	15	59.4	38.1-77.7	11	40.6	22.3-61.9
AGE
45+	229	144	62.3	55.0-69.1	85	37.7	30.9-45.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	153	95	60.9	52.0-69.2	58	39.1	30.8-48.0
Some College +	76	49	64.8	52.0-75.7	27	35.2	24.3-48.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	144	88	59.9	50.5-68.6	56	40.1	31.4-49.5
$50,000+	47	30	67.6	52.3-79.9	17	32.4	20.1-47.7