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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means not important at all and 10 means extremely important, how important do you believe it is for you personally to be screened or tested for colon or rectal cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^
(1-4) Moderately/important (5) Important (6-9) Mostly important (10) Very important Don't know
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,850 620 6.3 5.7- 6.9 599 6.3 5.7- 6.9 1,426 16.5 15.6-17.5 5,815 66.8 65.6-68.0 390 4.1 3.7- 4.7
-Mecklenburg County 428 22 4.9 3.1- 7.6 26 5.0 3.2- 7.6 72 19.6 15.3-24.7 294 67.4 62.0-72.4 14 3.1 1.8- 5.6
GENDER
Male 151 6 3.6 1.6- 8.2 5 2.7 1.0- 6.8 39 27.6 20.1-36.6 97 63.3 54.2-71.5 4 2.8 1.0- 7.5
Female 277 16 5.9 3.5- 9.9 21 7.0 4.3-11.1 33 12.7 8.8-18.2 197 71.0 64.5-76.6 10 3.4 1.7- 6.8
RACE
White 321 19 5.8 3.6- 9.3 23 5.8 3.7- 8.9 55 19.6 14.7-25.6 218 66.8 60.5-72.5 6 2.0 0.8- 4.8
Other 105 3 2.3 0.7- 7.5 3 3.0 0.7-11.6 17 19.9 12.2-30.8 75 69.4 58.1-78.7 7 5.4 2.4-12.0
AGE
45+ 428 22 4.9 3.1- 7.6 26 5.0 3.2- 7.6 72 19.6 15.3-24.7 294 67.4 62.0-72.4 14 3.1 1.8- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 7 5.4 2.4-11.7 5 4.7 1.7-12.3 22 20.5 12.7-31.5 93 66.2 55.5-75.4 6 3.2 1.3- 7.3
Some College + 293 15 4.7 2.7- 7.9 21 5.2 3.3- 8.1 49 18.6 13.9-24.3 200 68.4 62.1-74.1 8 3.2 1.5- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 13 7.0 3.9-12.3 15 7.2 4.0-12.8 32 18.7 13.1-26.1 122 61.0 52.8-68.6 9 6.1 3.0-11.9
$50,000+ 169 4 1.9 0.6- 5.5 7 3.2 1.5- 6.8 32 21.2 14.5-29.9 126 73.7 65.0-80.8 0 0.0 . - .

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*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.

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