BRFSS 2005 - Robeson 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
-Robeson County	206	130	61.3	52.6-69.4	76	38.7	30.6-47.4
GENDER
Male	61	43	64.6	48.4-78.0	18	35.4	22.0-51.6
Female	145	87	58.6	49.2-67.5	58	41.4	32.5-50.8
RACE
White	104	72	70.8	60.5-79.3	32	29.2	20.7-39.5
Other	101	58	56.4	44.0-68.1	43	43.6	31.9-56.0
AGE
45+	206	130	61.3	52.6-69.4	76	38.7	30.6-47.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	128	75	57.8	46.5-68.2	53	42.2	31.8-53.5
Some College +	77	54	66.7	52.6-78.4	23	33.3	21.6-47.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	145	92	61.7	51.2-71.3	53	38.3	28.7-48.8
$50,000+	28	21	72.6	47.3-88.6	7	27.4	11.4-52.7

*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: Robeson 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
-Robeson County	206	130	61.3	52.6-69.4	76	38.7	30.6-47.4
GENDER
Male	61	43	64.6	48.4-78.0	18	35.4	22.0-51.6
Female	145	87	58.6	49.2-67.5	58	41.4	32.5-50.8
RACE
White	104	72	70.8	60.5-79.3	32	29.2	20.7-39.5
Other	101	58	56.4	44.0-68.1	43	43.6	31.9-56.0
AGE
45+	206	130	61.3	52.6-69.4	76	38.7	30.6-47.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	128	75	57.8	46.5-68.2	53	42.2	31.8-53.5
Some College +	77	54	66.7	52.6-78.4	23	33.3	21.6-47.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	145	92	61.7	51.2-71.3	53	38.3	28.7-48.8
$50,000+	28	21	72.6	47.3-88.6	7	27.4	11.4-52.7