BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (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
-Gaston County	240	227	93.4	88.2-96.4	13	6.6	3.6-11.8
GENDER
Male	92	89	94.2	83.5-98.1	3	5.8	1.9-16.5
Female	148	138	92.6	86.4-96.1	10	7.4	3.9-13.6
RACE
White	221	210	93.9	88.8-96.8	11	6.1	3.2-11.2
Other	19	17	88.1	55.5-97.8	2	11.9	2.2-44.5
AGE
45+	240	227	93.4	88.2-96.4	13	6.6	3.6-11.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	135	128	93.1	85.3-96.9	7	6.9	3.1-14.7
Some College +	105	99	93.8	85.3-97.5	6	6.2	2.5-14.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	133	127	94.7	87.7-97.8	6	5.3	2.2-12.3
$50,000+	59	57	97.4	88.6-99.5	2	2.6	0.5-11.4

*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: Gaston County

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
-Gaston County	240	227	93.4	88.2-96.4	13	6.6	3.6-11.8
GENDER
Male	92	89	94.2	83.5-98.1	3	5.8	1.9-16.5
Female	148	138	92.6	86.4-96.1	10	7.4	3.9-13.6
RACE
White	221	210	93.9	88.8-96.8	11	6.1	3.2-11.2
Other	19	17	88.1	55.5-97.8	2	11.9	2.2-44.5
AGE
45+	240	227	93.4	88.2-96.4	13	6.6	3.6-11.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	135	128	93.1	85.3-96.9	7	6.9	3.1-14.7
Some College +	105	99	93.8	85.3-97.5	6	6.2	2.5-14.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	133	127	94.7	87.7-97.8	6	5.3	2.2-12.3
$50,000+	59	57	97.4	88.6-99.5	2	2.6	0.5-11.4