BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	254	189	76.0	69.6-81.4	65	24.0	18.6-30.4
GENDER
Male	82	64	78.7	66.9-87.1	18	21.3	12.9-33.1
Female	172	125	74.0	66.4-80.4	47	26.0	19.6-33.6
RACE
White	208	153	74.1	66.8-80.3	55	25.9	19.7-33.2
Other	45	35	82.2	67.6-91.1	10	17.8	8.9-32.4
AGE
45+	254	189	76.0	69.6-81.4	65	24.0	18.6-30.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	108	76	69.8	58.8-78.9	32	30.2	21.1-41.2
Some College +	146	113	80.7	73.2-86.5	33	19.3	13.5-26.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	133	103	76.8	66.9-84.4	30	23.2	15.6-33.1
$50,000+	80	60	77.5	66.6-85.6	20	22.5	14.4-33.4

*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: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	254	189	76.0	69.6-81.4	65	24.0	18.6-30.4
GENDER
Male	82	64	78.7	66.9-87.1	18	21.3	12.9-33.1
Female	172	125	74.0	66.4-80.4	47	26.0	19.6-33.6
RACE
White	208	153	74.1	66.8-80.3	55	25.9	19.7-33.2
Other	45	35	82.2	67.6-91.1	10	17.8	8.9-32.4
AGE
45+	254	189	76.0	69.6-81.4	65	24.0	18.6-30.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	108	76	69.8	58.8-78.9	32	30.2	21.1-41.2
Some College +	146	113	80.7	73.2-86.5	33	19.3	13.5-26.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	133	103	76.8	66.9-84.4	30	23.2	15.6-33.1
$50,000+	80	60	77.5	66.6-85.6	20	22.5	14.4-33.4