BRFSS 2005 - Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**: (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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	272	174	63.7	56.6-70.1	98	36.3	29.9-43.4
GENDER
Male	85	58	71.9	60.0-81.4	27	28.1	18.6-40.0
Female	187	116	57.7	49.3-65.7	71	42.3	34.3-50.7
RACE
White	195	124	63.7	55.4-71.2	71	36.3	28.8-44.6
Other	77	50	63.6	49.8-75.5	27	36.4	24.5-50.2
AGE
45+	272	174	63.7	56.6-70.1	98	36.3	29.9-43.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	153	93	61.8	52.2-70.5	60	38.2	29.5-47.8
Some College +	119	81	66.4	55.9-75.4	38	33.6	24.6-44.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	166	104	61.0	51.7-69.6	62	39.0	30.4-48.3
$50,000+	56	37	66.4	51.8-78.4	19	33.6	21.6-48.2

*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: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	272	174	63.7	56.6-70.1	98	36.3	29.9-43.4
GENDER
Male	85	58	71.9	60.0-81.4	27	28.1	18.6-40.0
Female	187	116	57.7	49.3-65.7	71	42.3	34.3-50.7
RACE
White	195	124	63.7	55.4-71.2	71	36.3	28.8-44.6
Other	77	50	63.6	49.8-75.5	27	36.4	24.5-50.2
AGE
45+	272	174	63.7	56.6-70.1	98	36.3	29.9-43.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	153	93	61.8	52.2-70.5	60	38.2	29.5-47.8
Some College +	119	81	66.4	55.9-75.4	38	33.6	24.6-44.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	166	104	61.0	51.7-69.6	62	39.0	30.4-48.3
$50,000+	56	37	66.4	51.8-78.4	19	33.6	21.6-48.2