BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	287	177	61.9	55.1-68.3	110	38.1	31.7-44.9
GENDER
Male	94	55	61.4	49.6-72.1	39	38.6	27.9-50.4
Female	193	122	62.3	54.3-69.7	71	37.7	30.3-45.7
RACE
White	195	122	61.8	54.0-69.1	73	38.2	30.9-46.0
Other	92	55	62.1	49.5-73.3	37	37.9	26.7-50.5
AGE
45+	287	177	61.9	55.1-68.3	110	38.1	31.7-44.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	176	101	57.7	48.6-66.4	75	42.3	33.6-51.4
Some College +	111	76	69.5	59.4-78.1	35	30.5	21.9-40.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	178	99	55.7	46.5-64.6	79	44.3	35.4-53.5
$50,000+	59	43	72.7	58.6-83.4	16	27.3	16.6-41.4

*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: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II	287	177	61.9	55.1-68.3	110	38.1	31.7-44.9
GENDER
Male	94	55	61.4	49.6-72.1	39	38.6	27.9-50.4
Female	193	122	62.3	54.3-69.7	71	37.7	30.3-45.7
RACE
White	195	122	61.8	54.0-69.1	73	38.2	30.9-46.0
Other	92	55	62.1	49.5-73.3	37	37.9	26.7-50.5
AGE
45+	287	177	61.9	55.1-68.3	110	38.1	31.7-44.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	176	101	57.7	48.6-66.4	75	42.3	33.6-51.4
Some College +	111	76	69.5	59.4-78.1	35	30.5	21.9-40.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	178	99	55.7	46.5-64.6	79	44.3	35.4-53.5
$50,000+	59	43	72.7	58.6-83.4	16	27.3	16.6-41.4