BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (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
-New Hanover County	253	203	79.7	73.3-84.9	50	20.3	15.1-26.7
GENDER
Male	85	65	78.1	66.8-86.4	20	21.9	13.6-33.2
Female	168	138	80.9	73.1-86.8	30	19.1	13.2-26.9
RACE
White	223	184	84.0	78.2-88.4	39	16.0	11.6-21.8
Other	30	19	57.3	36.6-75.7	11	42.7	24.3-63.4
AGE
45+	253	203	79.7	73.3-84.9	50	20.3	15.1-26.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	87	68	75.0	62.3-84.5	19	25.0	15.5-37.7
Some College +	166	135	82.2	74.9-87.7	31	17.8	12.3-25.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	120	95	78.8	68.9-86.2	25	21.2	13.8-31.1
$50,000+	86	70	80.6	69.5-88.3	16	19.4	11.7-30.5

*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

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
-New Hanover County	253	203	79.7	73.3-84.9	50	20.3	15.1-26.7
GENDER
Male	85	65	78.1	66.8-86.4	20	21.9	13.6-33.2
Female	168	138	80.9	73.1-86.8	30	19.1	13.2-26.9
RACE
White	223	184	84.0	78.2-88.4	39	16.0	11.6-21.8
Other	30	19	57.3	36.6-75.7	11	42.7	24.3-63.4
AGE
45+	253	203	79.7	73.3-84.9	50	20.3	15.1-26.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	87	68	75.0	62.3-84.5	19	25.0	15.5-37.7
Some College +	166	135	82.2	74.9-87.7	31	17.8	12.3-25.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	120	95	78.8	68.9-86.2	25	21.2	13.8-31.1
$50,000+	86	70	80.6	69.5-88.3	16	19.4	11.7-30.5