BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	255	164	61.7	54.7-68.3	91	38.3	31.7-45.3
GENDER
Male	92	60	62.8	51.0-73.2	32	37.2	26.8-49.0
Female	163	104	60.7	52.3-68.6	59	39.3	31.4-47.7
RACE
White	234	151	63.2	56.1-69.8	83	36.8	30.2-43.9
Other	21	13	46.9	23.4-71.8	8	53.1	28.2-76.6
AGE
45+	255	164	61.7	54.7-68.3	91	38.3	31.7-45.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	147	87	54.0	44.7-63.1	60	46.0	36.9-55.3
Some College +	108	77	72.9	63.1-80.9	31	27.1	19.1-36.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	145	91	61.0	51.5-69.7	54	39.0	30.3-48.5
$50,000+	60	38	60.5	46.4-73.0	22	39.5	27.0-53.6

*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

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
-Gaston County	255	164	61.7	54.7-68.3	91	38.3	31.7-45.3
GENDER
Male	92	60	62.8	51.0-73.2	32	37.2	26.8-49.0
Female	163	104	60.7	52.3-68.6	59	39.3	31.4-47.7
RACE
White	234	151	63.2	56.1-69.8	83	36.8	30.2-43.9
Other	21	13	46.9	23.4-71.8	8	53.1	28.2-76.6
AGE
45+	255	164	61.7	54.7-68.3	91	38.3	31.7-45.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	147	87	54.0	44.7-63.1	60	46.0	36.9-55.3
Some College +	108	77	72.9	63.1-80.9	31	27.1	19.1-36.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	145	91	61.0	51.5-69.7	54	39.0	30.3-48.5
$50,000+	60	38	60.5	46.4-73.0	22	39.5	27.0-53.6