BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	427	296	70.2	65.1-74.9	131	29.8	25.1-34.9
GENDER
Male	149	106	75.1	67.2-81.7	43	24.9	18.3-32.8
Female	278	190	66.1	59.4-72.3	88	33.9	27.7-40.6
RACE
White	321	232	73.3	67.7-78.3	89	26.7	21.7-32.3
Other	104	63	61.9	50.6-72.1	41	38.1	27.9-49.4
AGE
45+	427	296	70.2	65.1-74.9	131	29.8	25.1-34.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	133	74	50.3	40.3-60.2	59	49.7	39.8-59.7
Some College +	292	221	78.8	73.4-83.4	71	21.2	16.6-26.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	189	117	61.2	53.0-68.7	72	38.8	31.3-47.0
$50,000+	169	140	85.9	79.6-90.4	29	14.1	9.6-20.4

*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: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	427	296	70.2	65.1-74.9	131	29.8	25.1-34.9
GENDER
Male	149	106	75.1	67.2-81.7	43	24.9	18.3-32.8
Female	278	190	66.1	59.4-72.3	88	33.9	27.7-40.6
RACE
White	321	232	73.3	67.7-78.3	89	26.7	21.7-32.3
Other	104	63	61.9	50.6-72.1	41	38.1	27.9-49.4
AGE
45+	427	296	70.2	65.1-74.9	131	29.8	25.1-34.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	133	74	50.3	40.3-60.2	59	49.7	39.8-59.7
Some College +	292	221	78.8	73.4-83.4	71	21.2	16.6-26.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	189	117	61.2	53.0-68.7	72	38.8	31.3-47.0
$50,000+	169	140	85.9	79.6-90.4	29	14.1	9.6-20.4