BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (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
-Northeast Partnership I	309	192	63.4	56.8-69.5	117	36.6	30.5-43.2
GENDER
Male	108	74	68.6	57.6-77.9	34	31.4	22.1-42.4
Female	201	118	58.9	50.9-66.4	83	41.1	33.6-49.1
RACE
White	148	95	64.2	55.0-72.5	53	35.8	27.5-45.0
Other	158	94	62.2	52.8-70.8	64	37.8	29.2-47.2
AGE
45+	309	192	63.4	56.8-69.5	117	36.6	30.5-43.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	214	126	60.7	52.7-68.2	88	39.3	31.8-47.3
Some College +	93	66	70.0	57.9-79.8	27	30.0	20.2-42.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	200	119	62.4	54.4-69.8	81	37.6	30.2-45.6
$50,000+	42	32	74.7	55.9-87.3	10	25.3	12.7-44.1

*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

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
-Northeast Partnership I	309	192	63.4	56.8-69.5	117	36.6	30.5-43.2
GENDER
Male	108	74	68.6	57.6-77.9	34	31.4	22.1-42.4
Female	201	118	58.9	50.9-66.4	83	41.1	33.6-49.1
RACE
White	148	95	64.2	55.0-72.5	53	35.8	27.5-45.0
Other	158	94	62.2	52.8-70.8	64	37.8	29.2-47.2
AGE
45+	309	192	63.4	56.8-69.5	117	36.6	30.5-43.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	214	126	60.7	52.7-68.2	88	39.3	31.8-47.3
Some College +	93	66	70.0	57.9-79.8	27	30.0	20.2-42.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	200	119	62.4	54.4-69.8	81	37.6	30.2-45.6
$50,000+	42	32	74.7	55.9-87.3	10	25.3	12.7-44.1