BRFSS 2005 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties: (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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	215	199	93.4	89.2-96.1	16	6.6	3.9-10.8
GENDER
Male	74	69	94.9	87.7-98.0	5	5.1	2.0-12.3
Female	141	130	92.1	85.7-95.7	11	7.9	4.3-14.3
RACE
White	151	137	91.5	85.6-95.1	14	8.5	4.9-14.4
Other	64	62	97.8	90.8-99.5	2	2.2	0.5- 9.2
AGE
45+	215	199	93.4	89.2-96.1	16	6.6	3.9-10.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	139	128	93.8	88.4-96.7	11	6.2	3.3-11.6
Some College +	76	71	92.8	83.6-97.0	5	7.2	3.0-16.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	122	113	94.8	89.8-97.4	9	5.2	2.6-10.2
$50,000+	47	44	93.4	80.6-98.0	3	6.6	2.0-19.4

*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: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	215	199	93.4	89.2-96.1	16	6.6	3.9-10.8
GENDER
Male	74	69	94.9	87.7-98.0	5	5.1	2.0-12.3
Female	141	130	92.1	85.7-95.7	11	7.9	4.3-14.3
RACE
White	151	137	91.5	85.6-95.1	14	8.5	4.9-14.4
Other	64	62	97.8	90.8-99.5	2	2.2	0.5- 9.2
AGE
45+	215	199	93.4	89.2-96.1	16	6.6	3.9-10.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	139	128	93.8	88.4-96.7	11	6.2	3.3-11.6
Some College +	76	71	92.8	83.6-97.0	5	7.2	3.0-16.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	122	113	94.8	89.8-97.4	9	5.2	2.6-10.2
$50,000+	47	44	93.4	80.6-98.0	3	6.6	2.0-19.4