BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (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?)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	(1-4) Moderately/important	(5) Important	(6-9) Mostly important	(10) Very important	Don't know
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
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	235	15	7.3	3.9-13.3	29	10.3	7.0-14.9	34	13.9	9.7-19.6	146	64.7	57.5-71.4	11	3.8	2.0- 7.0
Buncombe	240	14	5.7	3.3- 9.7	18	7.6	4.6-12.1	47	18.6	13.7-24.8	153	64.2	57.1-70.7	8	3.9	1.7- 8.6
Cabarrus	201	11	6.0	3.2-11.1	19	8.9	5.6-14.0	32	14.5	10.1-20.4	130	64.8	56.9-72.0	9	5.8	2.5-13.0
Catawba	239	29	10.3	6.9-15.0	17	6.8	4.0-11.5	47	20.1	14.9-26.4	139	60.2	53.1-66.9	7	2.6	1.2- 5.6
Cumberland	185	9	3.1	1.5- 6.3	8	4.9	2.2-10.4	29	12.9	8.6-18.7	132	75.6	68.3-81.7	7	3.5	1.6- 7.7
Davidson	231	20	6.7	4.2-10.5	19	9.4	5.8-14.8	37	18.9	13.5-26.0	150	63.1	55.7-70.0	5	1.8	0.7- 4.8
Durham	191	7	3.2	1.5- 6.8	4	2.4	0.9- 6.5	38	16.4	11.4-23.1	133	73.7	66.2-80.0	9	4.3	2.2- 8.2
Forsyth	255	17	5.3	3.1- 8.8	17	5.4	3.2- 8.9	46	17.6	13.0-23.2	159	65.0	58.3-71.2	16	6.8	3.9-11.5
Gaston	259	17	6.0	3.6- 9.7	14	4.2	2.4- 7.2	39	15.6	11.2-21.2	181	71.3	64.9-76.9	8	3.0	1.4- 6.1
Guilford	247	12	4.5	2.2- 8.7	20	7.7	4.6-12.5	34	15.1	10.6-20.9	169	68.5	61.6-74.7	12	4.3	2.4- 7.6
Iredell	194	17	8.3	5.0-13.4	14	6.8	3.7-12.2	29	13.9	9.1-20.8	126	67.1	59.2-74.2	8	3.8	1.8- 8.0
Johnston	177	13	6.1	3.3-11.0	8	4.1	2.0- 8.4	33	19.6	13.3-27.8	113	65.2	56.5-72.9	10	5.1	2.6- 9.6
Mecklenburg	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
New Hanover	252	13	4.1	2.1- 8.0	13	4.6	2.5- 8.4	33	13.9	9.6-19.7	187	75.5	69.0-81.0	6	1.8	0.8- 4.4
Onslow	158	13	9.6	5.2-17.1	12	5.9	3.2-10.7	24	16.8	11.2-24.4	106	64.5	55.5-72.5	3	3.2	0.9-10.7
Orange	198	13	6.3	3.5-11.1	21	10.6	6.7-16.4	34	16.5	11.4-23.3	122	61.1	52.8-68.8	8	5.5	2.1-14.0
Pitt	216	17	6.9	3.4-13.2	12	5.3	2.8- 9.7	37	17.3	12.0-24.2	142	66.9	58.9-73.9	8	3.7	1.6- 8.4
Randolph	242	19	7.0	4.3-11.2	16	7.1	3.7-13.1	44	18.5	13.7-24.6	147	61.9	54.7-68.6	16	5.5	3.2- 9.3
Robeson	211	12	4.7	2.6- 8.6	14	6.7	3.5-12.6	27	14.2	9.0-21.6	141	65.2	56.5-72.9	17	9.2	4.8-17.0
Rowan	269	24	8.5	5.4-13.0	17	6.4	3.8-10.6	49	18.0	13.5-23.6	166	61.8	55.1-68.2	13	5.2	2.8- 9.6
Union	180	9	3.6	1.8- 7.1	12	6.2	3.5-10.8	20	10.9	7.0-16.6	131	75.5	68.4-81.4	8	3.8	1.8- 7.8
Wake	343	24	6.7	4.3-10.3	16	5.3	3.1- 9.0	52	15.5	11.5-20.5	240	69.3	63.4-74.6	11	3.2	1.6- 6.5
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	268	13	5.0	2.8- 9.0	19	7.3	4.4-12.0	33	10.9	7.6-15.5	196	74.4	68.2-79.7	7	2.3	1.0- 5.3
Northeast Partnership II	289	18	5.2	3.1- 8.6	15	4.8	2.8- 8.3	58	20.6	15.8-26.5	183	65.6	59.0-71.6	15	3.8	2.2- 6.4
Northeast Partnership I	313	19	4.8	2.9- 7.9	26	7.9	4.9-12.5	49	14.3	10.3-19.5	201	67.2	60.8-73.1	18	5.8	3.4- 9.8
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	226	14	6.9	4.0-11.6	16	6.9	4.1-11.4	28	12.1	8.1-17.6	156	70.0	63.0-76.2	12	4.1	2.2- 7.5
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	273	27	10.0	6.6-14.9	16	4.9	2.9- 8.0	41	18.6	13.1-25.7	181	64.5	57.3-71.1	8	2.0	1.0- 4.2
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	251	19	6.2	3.9- 9.8	20	6.9	4.3-11.0	31	14.3	9.8-20.3	160	65.0	58.0-71.4	21	7.7	4.6-12.5
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	239	22	10.2	6.4-15.8	14	7.0	3.9-12.1	33	14.0	9.8-19.5	159	65.0	57.8-71.5	11	3.9	2.0- 7.2
Chatham/Lee/Moore	325	30	8.4	5.7-12.2	17	4.9	2.9- 8.2	46	15.0	11.1-20.1	220	68.6	62.8-74.0	12	3.1	1.6- 5.7
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	332	22	6.8	4.3-10.7	26	6.7	4.3-10.3	57	15.9	12.0-20.7	216	66.8	60.8-72.3	11	3.8	2.0- 7.1
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	249	21	7.7	4.9-11.9	10	3.7	1.9- 7.2	34	12.9	8.9-18.4	173	71.3	64.7-77.1	11	4.3	2.3- 8.1
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	229	19	6.8	4.1-11.0	15	5.9	3.4-10.0	41	17.4	12.5-23.6	141	64.6	57.5-71.2	13	5.4	2.8-10.0
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	273	22	7.0	4.4-10.9	26	10.9	7.2-16.2	51	20.8	15.8-26.9	156	55.1	48.4-61.7	18	6.2	3.7-10.2
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	432	27	5.2	3.2- 8.2	33	6.0	4.0- 8.7	87	20.0	15.9-25.0	266	64.8	59.3-69.9	19	4.1	2.3- 6.9
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	688	43	5.2	3.7- 7.3	48	7.1	5.0- 9.9	115	16.4	13.4-19.9	445	66.6	62.3-70.6	37	4.7	3.2- 6.8
No	8,162	577	6.4	5.8- 7.0	551	6.2	5.6- 6.9	1,311	16.5	15.5-17.6	5,370	66.8	65.5-68.0	353	4.1	3.6- 4.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	2,834	189	6.3	5.3- 7.5	176	5.8	4.9- 6.9	424	15.4	13.8-17.2	1,915	68.5	66.3-70.5	130	4.0	3.3- 4.9
Piedmont	4,905	351	6.3	5.5- 7.1	339	6.4	5.6- 7.3	786	16.2	15.0-17.5	3,227	67.3	65.6-68.8	202	3.9	3.3- 4.6
Western NC	1,111	80	6.4	4.9- 8.2	84	6.8	5.3- 8.6	216	19.4	16.8-22.4	673	62.3	58.9-65.5	58	5.2	3.8- 7.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	672	41	5.3	3.7- 7.6	51	6.4	4.7- 8.7	134	19.6	16.3-23.5	419	64.6	60.2-68.8	27	4.0	2.5- 6.3
Northwest	1,756	153	7.2	6.0- 8.7	124	6.9	5.6- 8.4	309	17.7	15.7-20.0	1,085	62.8	60.0-65.4	85	5.4	4.2- 6.9
Charlotte	1,296	78	5.4	4.2- 6.9	89	6.1	4.8- 7.7	200	17.1	14.7-19.9	880	67.7	64.6-70.7	49	3.7	2.7- 5.1
Greensboro	1,161	87	6.7	5.1- 8.7	100	7.9	6.1-10.1	184	15.8	13.3-18.7	733	65.3	61.8-68.7	57	4.3	3.1- 5.9
Southern Regional	857	46	5.1	3.5- 7.3	52	5.1	3.7- 7.1	129	15.4	12.3-19.1	588	70.3	66.1-74.1	42	4.1	2.9- 6.0
Coastal	500	37	6.8	4.7- 9.8	31	5.7	3.9- 8.4	60	13.7	10.2-18.2	349	69.2	64.1-73.9	23	4.5	2.7- 7.3
Wake	1,079	74	6.5	5.0- 8.6	52	5.0	3.6- 6.9	170	15.3	12.8-18.2	739	69.7	66.2-73.0	44	3.5	2.4- 5.1
Area L	384	28	7.1	4.7-10.6	24	5.4	3.5- 8.4	60	13.6	10.3-17.8	247	68.9	63.4-73.9	25	5.0	3.2- 7.5
Eastern	1,145	76	6.5	4.9- 8.5	76	6.6	5.1- 8.6	180	16.4	13.9-19.2	775	67.5	64.2-70.7	38	3.0	2.1- 4.4

Total
Respond.^

(1-4) Moderately/important

(5) Important

(6-9) Mostly important

(10) Very important

Don't know

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

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

235

7.3

3.9-13.3

10.3

7.0-14.9

13.9

9.7-19.6

146

64.7

57.5-71.4

3.8

2.0- 7.0

Buncombe

240

5.7

3.3- 9.7

7.6

4.6-12.1

18.6

13.7-24.8

153

64.2

57.1-70.7

3.9

1.7- 8.6

Cabarrus

201

6.0

3.2-11.1

8.9

5.6-14.0

14.5

10.1-20.4

130

64.8

56.9-72.0

5.8

2.5-13.0

Catawba

239

10.3

6.9-15.0

6.8

4.0-11.5

20.1

14.9-26.4

139

60.2

53.1-66.9

2.6

1.2- 5.6

Cumberland

185

3.1

1.5- 6.3

4.9

2.2-10.4

12.9

8.6-18.7

132

75.6

68.3-81.7

3.5

1.6- 7.7

Davidson

231

6.7

4.2-10.5

9.4

5.8-14.8

18.9

13.5-26.0

150

63.1

55.7-70.0

1.8

0.7- 4.8

Durham

191

3.2

1.5- 6.8

2.4

0.9- 6.5

16.4

11.4-23.1

133

73.7

66.2-80.0

4.3

2.2- 8.2

Forsyth

255

5.3

3.1- 8.8

5.4

3.2- 8.9

17.6

13.0-23.2

159

65.0

58.3-71.2

6.8

3.9-11.5

Gaston

259

6.0

3.6- 9.7

4.2

2.4- 7.2

15.6

11.2-21.2

181

71.3

64.9-76.9

3.0

1.4- 6.1

Guilford

247

4.5

2.2- 8.7

7.7

4.6-12.5

15.1

10.6-20.9

169

68.5

61.6-74.7

4.3

2.4- 7.6

Iredell

194

8.3

5.0-13.4

6.8

3.7-12.2

13.9

9.1-20.8

126

67.1

59.2-74.2

3.8

1.8- 8.0

Johnston

177

6.1

3.3-11.0

4.1

2.0- 8.4

19.6

13.3-27.8

113

65.2

56.5-72.9

5.1

2.6- 9.6

Mecklenburg

428

4.9

3.1- 7.6

5.0

3.2- 7.6

19.6

15.3-24.7

294

67.4

62.0-72.4

3.1

1.8- 5.6

New Hanover

252

4.1

2.1- 8.0

4.6

2.5- 8.4

13.9

9.6-19.7

187

75.5

69.0-81.0

1.8

0.8- 4.4

Onslow

158

9.6

5.2-17.1

5.9

3.2-10.7

16.8

11.2-24.4

106

64.5

55.5-72.5

3.2

0.9-10.7

Orange

198

6.3

3.5-11.1

10.6

6.7-16.4

16.5

11.4-23.3

122

61.1

52.8-68.8

5.5

2.1-14.0

Pitt

216

6.9

3.4-13.2

5.3

2.8- 9.7

17.3

12.0-24.2

142

66.9

58.9-73.9

3.7

1.6- 8.4

Randolph

242

7.0

4.3-11.2

7.1

3.7-13.1

18.5

13.7-24.6

147

61.9

54.7-68.6

5.5

3.2- 9.3

Robeson

211

4.7

2.6- 8.6

6.7

3.5-12.6

14.2

9.0-21.6

141

65.2

56.5-72.9

9.2

4.8-17.0

Rowan

269

8.5

5.4-13.0

6.4

3.8-10.6

18.0

13.5-23.6

166

61.8

55.1-68.2

5.2

2.8- 9.6

Union

180

3.6

1.8- 7.1

6.2

3.5-10.8

10.9

7.0-16.6

131

75.5

68.4-81.4

3.8

1.8- 7.8

Wake

343

6.7

4.3-10.3

5.3

3.1- 9.0

15.5

11.5-20.5

240

69.3

63.4-74.6

3.2

1.6- 6.5

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

268

5.0

2.8- 9.0

7.3

4.4-12.0

10.9

7.6-15.5

196

74.4

68.2-79.7

2.3

1.0- 5.3

Northeast Partnership II

289

5.2

3.1- 8.6

4.8

2.8- 8.3

20.6

15.8-26.5

183

65.6

59.0-71.6

3.8

2.2- 6.4

Northeast Partnership I

313

4.8

2.9- 7.9

7.9

4.9-12.5

14.3

10.3-19.5

201

67.2

60.8-73.1

5.8

3.4- 9.8

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

226

6.9

4.0-11.6

6.9

4.1-11.4

12.1

8.1-17.6

156

70.0

63.0-76.2

4.1

2.2- 7.5

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

273

10.0

6.6-14.9

4.9

2.9- 8.0

18.6

13.1-25.7

181

64.5

57.3-71.1

2.0

1.0- 4.2

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

251

6.2

3.9- 9.8

6.9

4.3-11.0

14.3

9.8-20.3

160

65.0

58.0-71.4

7.7

4.6-12.5

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

239

10.2

6.4-15.8

7.0

3.9-12.1

14.0

9.8-19.5

159

65.0

57.8-71.5

3.9

2.0- 7.2

Chatham/Lee/Moore

325

8.4

5.7-12.2

4.9

2.9- 8.2

15.0

11.1-20.1

220

68.6

62.8-74.0

3.1

1.6- 5.7

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

332

6.8

4.3-10.7

6.7

4.3-10.3

15.9

12.0-20.7

216

66.8

60.8-72.3

3.8

2.0- 7.1

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

249

7.7

4.9-11.9

3.7

1.9- 7.2

12.9

8.9-18.4

173

71.3

64.7-77.1

4.3

2.3- 8.1

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

229

6.8

4.1-11.0

5.9

3.4-10.0

17.4

12.5-23.6

141

64.6

57.5-71.2

5.4

2.8-10.0

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

273

7.0

4.4-10.9

10.9

7.2-16.2

20.8

15.8-26.9

156

55.1

48.4-61.7

6.2

3.7-10.2

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

432

5.2

3.2- 8.2

6.0

4.0- 8.7

20.0

15.9-25.0

266

64.8

59.3-69.9

4.1

2.3- 6.9

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

688

5.2

3.7- 7.3

7.1

5.0- 9.9

115

16.4

13.4-19.9

445

66.6

62.3-70.6

4.7

3.2- 6.8

8,162

577

6.4

5.8- 7.0

551

6.2

5.6- 6.9

1,311

16.5

15.5-17.6

5,370

66.8

65.5-68.0

353

4.1

3.6- 4.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

2,834

189

6.3

5.3- 7.5

176

5.8

4.9- 6.9

424

15.4

13.8-17.2

1,915

68.5

66.3-70.5

130

4.0

3.3- 4.9

Piedmont

4,905

351

6.3

5.5- 7.1

339

6.4

5.6- 7.3

786

16.2

15.0-17.5

3,227

67.3

65.6-68.8

202

3.9

3.3- 4.6

Western NC

1,111

6.4

4.9- 8.2

6.8

5.3- 8.6

216

19.4

16.8-22.4

673

62.3

58.9-65.5

5.2

3.8- 7.0

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

672

5.3

3.7- 7.6

6.4

4.7- 8.7

134

19.6

16.3-23.5

419

64.6

60.2-68.8

4.0

2.5- 6.3

Northwest

1,756

153

7.2

6.0- 8.7

124

6.9

5.6- 8.4

309

17.7

15.7-20.0

1,085

62.8

60.0-65.4

5.4

4.2- 6.9

Charlotte

1,296

5.4

4.2- 6.9

6.1

4.8- 7.7

200

17.1

14.7-19.9

880

67.7

64.6-70.7

3.7

2.7- 5.1

Greensboro

1,161

6.7

5.1- 8.7

100

7.9

6.1-10.1

184

15.8

13.3-18.7

733

65.3

61.8-68.7

4.3

3.1- 5.9

Southern Regional

857

5.1

3.5- 7.3

5.1

3.7- 7.1

129

15.4

12.3-19.1

588

70.3

66.1-74.1

4.1

2.9- 6.0

Coastal

500

6.8

4.7- 9.8

5.7

3.9- 8.4

13.7

10.2-18.2

349

69.2

64.1-73.9

4.5

2.7- 7.3

Wake

1,079

6.5

5.0- 8.6

5.0

3.6- 6.9

170

15.3

12.8-18.2

739

69.7

66.2-73.0

3.5

2.4- 5.1

Area L

384

7.1

4.7-10.6

5.4

3.5- 8.4

13.6

10.3-17.8

247

68.9

63.4-73.9

5.0

3.2- 7.5

Eastern

1,145

6.5

4.9- 8.5

6.6

5.1- 8.6

180

16.4

13.9-19.2

775

67.5

64.2-70.7

3.0

2.1- 4.4

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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, Edgecombe, 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.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program

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