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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
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
-Forsyth County 255 17 5.3 3.1- 8.8 17 5.4 3.2- 8.9 46 17.6 13.0-23.2 159 65.0 58.3-71.2 16 6.8 3.9-11.5
GENDER
Male 82 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 3 2.5 0.7- 8.0 17 18.9 11.6-29.4 57 70.8 59.0-80.4 4 6.7 2.3-18.1
Female 173 16 8.3 4.8-13.8 14 7.5 4.3-12.8 29 16.6 11.4-23.5 102 60.9 52.8-68.4 12 6.8 3.8-11.9
RACE
White 209 14 5.0 2.9- 8.6 15 5.4 3.2- 9.1 43 21.0 15.5-27.8 123 61.4 53.8-68.4 14 7.2 3.9-12.9
Other 45 3 6.3 1.7-20.9 2 5.5 1.4-19.5 3 5.3 1.5-16.8 35 77.5 61.6-88.2 2 5.3 1.3-18.9
AGE
45+ 255 17 5.3 3.1- 8.8 17 5.4 3.2- 8.9 46 17.6 13.0-23.2 159 65.0 58.3-71.2 16 6.8 3.9-11.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 109 4 3.8 1.2-11.5 10 8.4 4.4-15.6 22 16.9 10.9-25.3 61 60.3 49.9-69.9 12 10.5 5.8-18.1
Some College + 146 13 6.4 3.6-11.1 7 3.1 1.4- 6.6 24 18.0 12.0-26.3 98 68.6 59.6-76.4 4 3.9 1.1-12.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 133 10 7.2 3.6-14.0 8 5.1 2.4-10.7 23 15.4 10.0-23.2 86 67.8 58.5-75.9 6 4.5 2.0- 9.9
$50,000+ 80 5 3.7 1.5- 8.9 4 3.6 1.3- 9.7 14 20.0 11.9-31.5 55 68.0 55.6-78.2 2 4.7 1.0-19.6

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*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.

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