BRFSS 2005 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	244	177	70.7	63.6-76.9	67	29.3	23.1-36.4
GENDER
Male	92	59	65.8	54.4-75.7	33	34.2	24.3-45.6
Female	152	118	75.1	66.0-82.4	34	24.9	17.6-34.0
RACE
White	196	145	73.0	65.1-79.6	51	27.0	20.4-34.9
Other	48	32	63.8	47.4-77.5	16	36.2	22.5-52.6
AGE
45+	244	177	70.7	63.6-76.9	67	29.3	23.1-36.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	110	74	65.9	54.8-75.5	36	34.1	24.5-45.2
Some College +	133	102	74.7	65.3-82.2	31	25.3	17.8-34.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	130	89	62.0	51.6-71.4	41	38.0	28.6-48.4
$50,000+	59	47	80.8	67.6-89.5	12	19.2	10.5-32.4

*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: Guilford 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
-Guilford County	244	177	70.7	63.6-76.9	67	29.3	23.1-36.4
GENDER
Male	92	59	65.8	54.4-75.7	33	34.2	24.3-45.6
Female	152	118	75.1	66.0-82.4	34	24.9	17.6-34.0
RACE
White	196	145	73.0	65.1-79.6	51	27.0	20.4-34.9
Other	48	32	63.8	47.4-77.5	16	36.2	22.5-52.6
AGE
45+	244	177	70.7	63.6-76.9	67	29.3	23.1-36.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	110	74	65.9	54.8-75.5	36	34.1	24.5-45.2
Some College +	133	102	74.7	65.3-82.2	31	25.3	17.8-34.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	130	89	62.0	51.6-71.4	41	38.0	28.6-48.4
$50,000+	59	47	80.8	67.6-89.5	12	19.2	10.5-32.4