BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (Do you think people your age or older who do not have symptoms should be tested for colon or rectal cancer?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	8,254	7,808	94.9	94.3-95.4	446	5.1	4.6- 5.7
-Northeast Partnership I	292	271	92.9	88.9-95.6	21	7.1	4.4-11.1
GENDER
Male	105	100	95.4	88.4-98.3	5	4.6	1.7-11.6
Female	187	171	90.6	84.8-94.4	16	9.4	5.6-15.2
RACE
White	141	132	94.5	88.4-97.5	9	5.5	2.5-11.6
Other	148	136	91.5	85.2-95.3	12	8.5	4.7-14.8
AGE
45+	292	271	92.9	88.9-95.6	21	7.1	4.4-11.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	199	186	93.3	88.4-96.2	13	6.7	3.8-11.6
Some College +	91	83	92.0	83.0-96.5	8	8.0	3.5-17.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	191	177	92.5	87.3-95.6	14	7.5	4.4-12.7
$50,000+	40	38	94.0	73.8-98.9	2	6.0	1.1-26.2

*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: Northeast Partnership I**

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Do you think people your age or older who do not have symptoms should 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	8,254	7,808	94.9	94.3-95.4	446	5.1	4.6- 5.7
-Northeast Partnership I	292	271	92.9	88.9-95.6	21	7.1	4.4-11.1
GENDER
Male	105	100	95.4	88.4-98.3	5	4.6	1.7-11.6
Female	187	171	90.6	84.8-94.4	16	9.4	5.6-15.2
RACE
White	141	132	94.5	88.4-97.5	9	5.5	2.5-11.6
Other	148	136	91.5	85.2-95.3	12	8.5	4.7-14.8
AGE
45+	292	271	92.9	88.9-95.6	21	7.1	4.4-11.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	199	186	93.3	88.4-96.2	13	6.7	3.8-11.6
Some College +	91	83	92.0	83.0-96.5	8	8.0	3.5-17.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	191	177	92.5	87.3-95.6	14	7.5	4.4-12.7
$50,000+	40	38	94.0	73.8-98.9	2	6.0	1.1-26.2