BRFSS 2005 - Johnston 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
-Johnston County	177	113	62.2	53.2-70.3	64	37.8	29.7-46.8
GENDER
Male	62	42	60.9	45.7-74.3	20	39.1	25.7-54.3
Female	115	71	63.0	52.3-72.6	44	37.0	27.4-47.7
RACE
White	162	104	63.2	53.9-71.7	58	36.8	28.3-46.1
Other	15	9	50.4	24.2-76.4	6	49.6	23.6-75.8
AGE
45+	177	113	62.2	53.2-70.3	64	37.8	29.7-46.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	109	68	60.4	49.3-70.4	41	39.6	29.6-50.7
Some College +	68	45	64.7	49.4-77.4	23	35.3	22.6-50.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	106	66	59.2	47.4-70.1	40	40.8	29.9-52.6
$50,000+	41	27	67.1	50.2-80.5	14	32.9	19.5-49.8

*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: Johnston 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
-Johnston County	177	113	62.2	53.2-70.3	64	37.8	29.7-46.8
GENDER
Male	62	42	60.9	45.7-74.3	20	39.1	25.7-54.3
Female	115	71	63.0	52.3-72.6	44	37.0	27.4-47.7
RACE
White	162	104	63.2	53.9-71.7	58	36.8	28.3-46.1
Other	15	9	50.4	24.2-76.4	6	49.6	23.6-75.8
AGE
45+	177	113	62.2	53.2-70.3	64	37.8	29.7-46.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	109	68	60.4	49.3-70.4	41	39.6	29.6-50.7
Some College +	68	45	64.7	49.4-77.4	23	35.3	22.6-50.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	106	66	59.2	47.4-70.1	40	40.8	29.9-52.6
$50,000+	41	27	67.1	50.2-80.5	14	32.9	19.5-49.8