BRFSS 2005 - Rowan County: (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
-Rowan County	269	24	8.5	5.4-13.0	17	6.4	3.8-10.6	49	18.0	13.5-23.6	166	61.8	55.1-68.2	13	5.2	2.8- 9.6
GENDER
Male	88	6	6.3	2.5-15.0	4	3.9	1.4-10.5	18	18.8	11.7-28.7	55	63.8	52.1-74.1	5	7.2	2.8-17.3
Female	181	18	10.0	6.1-16.0	13	8.2	4.5-14.5	31	17.5	12.1-24.6	111	60.4	52.3-68.0	8	3.8	1.8- 7.9
RACE
White	233	22	9.3	5.8-14.4	14	5.8	3.3-10.1	44	18.3	13.5-24.3	143	62.0	54.9-68.6	10	4.6	2.2- 9.4
Other	33	1	2.7	0.4-17.4	3	10.6	3.0-31.3	5	17.9	6.9-39.0	21	59.3	38.0-77.6	3	9.5	2.7-28.1
AGE
45+	269	24	8.5	5.4-13.0	17	6.4	3.8-10.6	49	18.0	13.5-23.6	166	61.8	55.1-68.2	13	5.2	2.8- 9.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	153	12	7.9	4.2-14.3	7	5.4	2.3-12.0	22	16.2	10.6-23.8	102	64.2	55.4-72.2	10	6.3	3.2-12.1
Some College +	116	12	9.1	4.8-16.6	10	7.7	4.0-14.3	27	20.2	13.5-29.3	64	59.0	48.4-68.8	3	3.9	1.1-13.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	184	18	9.5	5.7-15.6	13	7.2	4.0-12.7	35	17.8	12.6-24.7	110	60.2	51.8-68.0	8	5.2	2.3-11.5
$50,000+	40	1	1.3	0.2- 8.8	2	3.5	0.8-14.2	8	20.9	10.5-37.4	29	74.3	57.9-85.9	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: Rowan County

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
-Rowan County	269	24	8.5	5.4-13.0	17	6.4	3.8-10.6	49	18.0	13.5-23.6	166	61.8	55.1-68.2	13	5.2	2.8- 9.6
GENDER
Male	88	6	6.3	2.5-15.0	4	3.9	1.4-10.5	18	18.8	11.7-28.7	55	63.8	52.1-74.1	5	7.2	2.8-17.3
Female	181	18	10.0	6.1-16.0	13	8.2	4.5-14.5	31	17.5	12.1-24.6	111	60.4	52.3-68.0	8	3.8	1.8- 7.9
RACE
White	233	22	9.3	5.8-14.4	14	5.8	3.3-10.1	44	18.3	13.5-24.3	143	62.0	54.9-68.6	10	4.6	2.2- 9.4
Other	33	1	2.7	0.4-17.4	3	10.6	3.0-31.3	5	17.9	6.9-39.0	21	59.3	38.0-77.6	3	9.5	2.7-28.1
AGE
45+	269	24	8.5	5.4-13.0	17	6.4	3.8-10.6	49	18.0	13.5-23.6	166	61.8	55.1-68.2	13	5.2	2.8- 9.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	153	12	7.9	4.2-14.3	7	5.4	2.3-12.0	22	16.2	10.6-23.8	102	64.2	55.4-72.2	10	6.3	3.2-12.1
Some College +	116	12	9.1	4.8-16.6	10	7.7	4.0-14.3	27	20.2	13.5-29.3	64	59.0	48.4-68.8	3	3.9	1.1-13.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	184	18	9.5	5.7-15.6	13	7.2	4.0-12.7	35	17.8	12.6-24.7	110	60.2	51.8-68.0	8	5.2	2.3-11.5
$50,000+	40	1	1.3	0.2- 8.8	2	3.5	0.8-14.2	8	20.9	10.5-37.4	29	74.3	57.9-85.9	0	0.0	. - .