BRFSS 2005 - Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means not important at all and 10 means extremely important, how important do you believe it is for you personally to be screened or tested for colon or rectal cancer?)

	Total Respond.^	(1-4) Moderately/important	(5) Important	(6-9) Mostly important	(10) Very important	Don't know
North Carolina	8,850	620	6.3	5.7- 6.9	599	6.3	5.7- 6.9	1,426	16.5	15.6-17.5	5,815	66.8	65.6-68.0	390	4.1	3.7- 4.7
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	332	22	6.8	4.3-10.7	26	6.7	4.3-10.3	57	15.9	12.0-20.7	216	66.8	60.8-72.3	11	3.8	2.0- 7.1
GENDER
Male	122	5	5.0	2.1-11.6	6	4.9	1.9-11.8	21	14.8	9.5-22.4	87	71.9	62.5-79.8	3	3.3	1.1-10.0
Female	210	17	8.4	5.0-14.0	20	8.4	5.3-13.2	36	16.8	11.7-23.5	129	62.2	54.4-69.3	8	4.2	2.0- 8.7
RACE
White	241	15	6.0	3.4-10.3	24	8.9	5.6-13.7	45	17.6	12.9-23.6	152	64.9	57.8-71.4	5	2.6	1.0- 6.5
Other	90	7	8.8	3.9-18.7	2	1.7	0.4- 6.8	12	11.9	6.4-21.0	63	70.9	59.2-80.4	6	6.7	2.7-15.5
AGE
45+	332	22	6.8	4.3-10.7	26	6.7	4.3-10.3	57	15.9	12.0-20.7	216	66.8	60.8-72.3	11	3.8	2.0- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	185	9	5.8	2.8-11.5	13	5.4	3.0- 9.6	27	14.2	9.6-20.6	125	68.0	59.9-75.0	11	6.7	3.5-12.3
Some College +	147	13	8.2	4.5-14.4	13	8.5	4.5-15.5	30	18.0	12.1-26.0	91	65.3	56.1-73.5	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	208	11	4.5	2.3- 8.7	17	6.3	3.7-10.5	41	19.5	14.1-26.4	131	65.0	57.3-72.0	8	4.7	2.2- 9.7
$50,000+	70	7	10.3	4.7-20.9	4	7.1	2.2-20.2	12	13.2	7.2-23.1	47	69.4	56.3-80.0	0	0.0	. - .

*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: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

Colorectal Cancer Screening

On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means not important at all and 10 means extremely important, how important do you believe it is for you personally to be screened or tested for colon or rectal cancer?

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	Total Respond.^	(1-4) Moderately/important			(5) Important			(6-9) Mostly important			(10) Very important			Don't know
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,850	620	6.3	5.7- 6.9	599	6.3	5.7- 6.9	1,426	16.5	15.6-17.5	5,815	66.8	65.6-68.0	390	4.1	3.7- 4.7
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	332	22	6.8	4.3-10.7	26	6.7	4.3-10.3	57	15.9	12.0-20.7	216	66.8	60.8-72.3	11	3.8	2.0- 7.1
GENDER
Male	122	5	5.0	2.1-11.6	6	4.9	1.9-11.8	21	14.8	9.5-22.4	87	71.9	62.5-79.8	3	3.3	1.1-10.0
Female	210	17	8.4	5.0-14.0	20	8.4	5.3-13.2	36	16.8	11.7-23.5	129	62.2	54.4-69.3	8	4.2	2.0- 8.7
RACE
White	241	15	6.0	3.4-10.3	24	8.9	5.6-13.7	45	17.6	12.9-23.6	152	64.9	57.8-71.4	5	2.6	1.0- 6.5
Other	90	7	8.8	3.9-18.7	2	1.7	0.4- 6.8	12	11.9	6.4-21.0	63	70.9	59.2-80.4	6	6.7	2.7-15.5
AGE
45+	332	22	6.8	4.3-10.7	26	6.7	4.3-10.3	57	15.9	12.0-20.7	216	66.8	60.8-72.3	11	3.8	2.0- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	185	9	5.8	2.8-11.5	13	5.4	3.0- 9.6	27	14.2	9.6-20.6	125	68.0	59.9-75.0	11	6.7	3.5-12.3
Some College +	147	13	8.2	4.5-14.4	13	8.5	4.5-15.5	30	18.0	12.1-26.0	91	65.3	56.1-73.5	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	208	11	4.5	2.3- 8.7	17	6.3	3.7-10.5	41	19.5	14.1-26.4	131	65.0	57.3-72.0	8	4.7	2.2- 9.7
$50,000+	70	7	10.3	4.7-20.9	4	7.1	2.2-20.2	12	13.2	7.2-23.1	47	69.4	56.3-80.0	0	0.0	. - .