BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC**: (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
-Mountain AHEC	655	443	69.0	64.5-73.1	212	31.0	26.9-35.5
GENDER
Male	223	162	72.4	64.9-78.8	61	27.6	21.2-35.1
Female	432	281	66.3	60.8-71.4	151	33.7	28.6-39.2
RACE
White	598	405	68.5	63.8-72.8	193	31.5	27.2-36.2
African American	28	18	69.6	48.2-85.0	10	30.4	15.0-51.8
Other Minorities	29	20	79.2	58.9-91.0	9	20.8	9.0-41.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic	14	8	59.7	29.5-84.0	6	40.3	16.0-70.5
Non-Hispanic	640	435	69.3	64.8-73.4	205	30.7	26.6-35.2
AGE
50-54	99	58	63.7	51.6-74.3	41	36.3	25.7-48.4
55-64	213	147	69.9	61.9-76.7	66	30.1	23.3-38.1
65-74	177	124	71.0	62.4-78.2	53	29.0	21.8-37.6
75+	166	114	69.4	60.5-77.1	52	30.6	22.9-39.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	114	62	55.0	43.4-66.1	52	45.0	33.9-56.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	188	128	71.5	63.5-78.3	60	28.5	21.7-36.5
Some Post-H.S.	158	103	64.9	55.6-73.1	55	35.1	26.9-44.4
College Graduate	193	149	78.5	70.8-84.6	44	21.5	15.4-29.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	108	64	63.2	52.0-73.2	44	36.8	26.8-48.0
$15,000- 24,999	123	76	59.2	48.2-69.4	47	40.8	30.6-51.8
$25,000- 34,999	81	55	73.5	61.9-82.6	26	26.5	17.4-38.1
$35,000- 49,999	80	58	70.2	56.1-81.3	22	29.8	18.7-43.9
$50,000-74,999	73	58	83.3	72.1-90.6	15	16.7	9.4-27.9
$75,000+	65	55	85.2	72.9-92.5	10	14.8	7.5-27.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	273	183	66.8	59.4-73.5	90	33.2	26.5-40.6
No	378	257	70.2	64.6-75.2	121	29.8	24.8-35.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	130	100	75.4	65.4-83.2	30	24.6	16.8-34.6
Non-Veteran	525	343	66.8	61.8-71.4	182	33.2	28.6-38.2

*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: Mountain AHEC**

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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
-Mountain AHEC	655	443	69.0	64.5-73.1	212	31.0	26.9-35.5
GENDER
Male	223	162	72.4	64.9-78.8	61	27.6	21.2-35.1
Female	432	281	66.3	60.8-71.4	151	33.7	28.6-39.2
RACE
White	598	405	68.5	63.8-72.8	193	31.5	27.2-36.2
African American	28	18	69.6	48.2-85.0	10	30.4	15.0-51.8
Other Minorities	29	20	79.2	58.9-91.0	9	20.8	9.0-41.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic	14	8	59.7	29.5-84.0	6	40.3	16.0-70.5
Non-Hispanic	640	435	69.3	64.8-73.4	205	30.7	26.6-35.2
AGE
50-54	99	58	63.7	51.6-74.3	41	36.3	25.7-48.4
55-64	213	147	69.9	61.9-76.7	66	30.1	23.3-38.1
65-74	177	124	71.0	62.4-78.2	53	29.0	21.8-37.6
75+	166	114	69.4	60.5-77.1	52	30.6	22.9-39.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	114	62	55.0	43.4-66.1	52	45.0	33.9-56.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	188	128	71.5	63.5-78.3	60	28.5	21.7-36.5
Some Post-H.S.	158	103	64.9	55.6-73.1	55	35.1	26.9-44.4
College Graduate	193	149	78.5	70.8-84.6	44	21.5	15.4-29.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	108	64	63.2	52.0-73.2	44	36.8	26.8-48.0
$15,000- 24,999	123	76	59.2	48.2-69.4	47	40.8	30.6-51.8
$25,000- 34,999	81	55	73.5	61.9-82.6	26	26.5	17.4-38.1
$35,000- 49,999	80	58	70.2	56.1-81.3	22	29.8	18.7-43.9
$50,000-74,999	73	58	83.3	72.1-90.6	15	16.7	9.4-27.9
$75,000+	65	55	85.2	72.9-92.5	10	14.8	7.5-27.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	273	183	66.8	59.4-73.5	90	33.2	26.5-40.6
No	378	257	70.2	64.6-75.2	121	29.8	24.8-35.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	130	100	75.4	65.4-83.2	30	24.6	16.8-34.6
Non-Veteran	525	343	66.8	61.8-71.4	182	33.2	28.6-38.2