BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (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
-New Hanover County	243	227	95.8	93.1-97.5	16	4.2	2.5- 6.9
GENDER
Male	82	79	98.1	94.0-99.4	3	1.9	0.6- 6.0
Female	161	148	94.1	89.8-96.6	13	5.9	3.4-10.2
RACE
White	214	199	95.3	92.1-97.2	15	4.7	2.8- 7.9
Other	29	28	98.7	91.3-99.8	1	1.3	0.2- 8.7
AGE
45+	243	227	95.8	93.1-97.5	16	4.2	2.5- 6.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	82	75	94.6	88.8-97.5	7	5.4	2.5-11.2
Some College +	161	152	96.5	93.1-98.2	9	3.5	1.8- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	114	104	93.5	88.1-96.6	10	6.5	3.4-11.9
$50,000+	83	79	97.3	92.6-99.0	4	2.7	1.0- 7.4

*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: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County	243	227	95.8	93.1-97.5	16	4.2	2.5- 6.9
GENDER
Male	82	79	98.1	94.0-99.4	3	1.9	0.6- 6.0
Female	161	148	94.1	89.8-96.6	13	5.9	3.4-10.2
RACE
White	214	199	95.3	92.1-97.2	15	4.7	2.8- 7.9
Other	29	28	98.7	91.3-99.8	1	1.3	0.2- 8.7
AGE
45+	243	227	95.8	93.1-97.5	16	4.2	2.5- 6.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	82	75	94.6	88.8-97.5	7	5.4	2.5-11.2
Some College +	161	152	96.5	93.1-98.2	9	3.5	1.8- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	114	104	93.5	88.1-96.6	10	6.5	3.4-11.9
$50,000+	83	79	97.3	92.6-99.0	4	2.7	1.0- 7.4