BRFSS 2005 - Pitt 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
-Pitt County	214	153	72.8	65.2-79.2	61	27.2	20.8-34.8
GENDER
Male	74	55	74.2	60.9-84.1	19	25.8	15.9-39.1
Female	140	98	71.5	62.6-79.0	42	28.5	21.0-37.4
RACE
White	149	110	74.0	65.3-81.1	39	26.0	18.9-34.7
Other	65	43	70.5	55.4-82.1	22	29.5	17.9-44.6
AGE
45+	214	153	72.8	65.2-79.2	61	27.2	20.8-34.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	78	71.2	59.7-80.5	33	28.8	19.5-40.3
Some College +	101	74	75.6	65.6-83.4	27	24.4	16.6-34.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	80	70.0	59.8-78.5	37	30.0	21.5-40.2
$50,000+	59	50	86.6	74.8-93.4	9	13.4	6.6-25.2

*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: Pitt 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
-Pitt County	214	153	72.8	65.2-79.2	61	27.2	20.8-34.8
GENDER
Male	74	55	74.2	60.9-84.1	19	25.8	15.9-39.1
Female	140	98	71.5	62.6-79.0	42	28.5	21.0-37.4
RACE
White	149	110	74.0	65.3-81.1	39	26.0	18.9-34.7
Other	65	43	70.5	55.4-82.1	22	29.5	17.9-44.6
AGE
45+	214	153	72.8	65.2-79.2	61	27.2	20.8-34.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	78	71.2	59.7-80.5	33	28.8	19.5-40.3
Some College +	101	74	75.6	65.6-83.4	27	24.4	16.6-34.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	80	70.0	59.8-78.5	37	30.0	21.5-40.2
$50,000+	59	50	86.6	74.8-93.4	9	13.4	6.6-25.2