BRFSS 2005 - Iredell 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
-Iredell County	192	127	68.6	60.7-75.5	65	31.4	24.5-39.3
GENDER
Male	70	51	71.9	58.3-82.4	19	28.1	17.6-41.7
Female	122	76	65.9	56.3-74.3	46	34.1	25.7-43.7
RACE
White	171	112	67.2	58.7-74.7	59	32.8	25.3-41.3
Other	21	15	77.9	55.7-90.9	6	22.1	9.1-44.3
AGE
45+	192	127	68.6	60.7-75.5	65	31.4	24.5-39.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	105	67	68.9	58.8-77.5	38	31.1	22.5-41.2
Some College +	87	60	68.3	55.6-78.7	27	31.7	21.3-44.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	113	70	66.5	56.4-75.3	43	33.5	24.7-43.6
$50,000+	39	28	64.6	45.1-80.2	11	35.4	19.8-54.9

*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: Iredell 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
-Iredell County	192	127	68.6	60.7-75.5	65	31.4	24.5-39.3
GENDER
Male	70	51	71.9	58.3-82.4	19	28.1	17.6-41.7
Female	122	76	65.9	56.3-74.3	46	34.1	25.7-43.7
RACE
White	171	112	67.2	58.7-74.7	59	32.8	25.3-41.3
Other	21	15	77.9	55.7-90.9	6	22.1	9.1-44.3
AGE
45+	192	127	68.6	60.7-75.5	65	31.4	24.5-39.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	105	67	68.9	58.8-77.5	38	31.1	22.5-41.2
Some College +	87	60	68.3	55.6-78.7	27	31.7	21.3-44.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	113	70	66.5	56.4-75.3	43	33.5	24.7-43.6
$50,000+	39	28	64.6	45.1-80.2	11	35.4	19.8-54.9