BRFSS 2005 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	268	159	59.3	52.5-65.8	109	40.7	34.2-47.5
GENDER
Male	88	53	60.7	48.9-71.3	35	39.3	28.7-51.1
Female	180	106	58.3	50.2-66.0	74	41.7	34.0-49.8
RACE
White	232	140	59.5	52.3-66.4	92	40.5	33.6-47.7
Other	33	18	58.7	37.8-76.9	15	41.3	23.1-62.2
AGE
45+	268	159	59.3	52.5-65.8	109	40.7	34.2-47.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	152	91	59.3	50.5-67.6	61	40.7	32.4-49.5
Some College +	116	68	59.3	48.6-69.1	48	40.7	30.9-51.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	183	104	55.7	47.3-63.9	79	44.3	36.1-52.7
$50,000+	40	30	77.1	60.5-88.1	10	22.9	11.9-39.5

*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: Rowan 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
-Rowan County	268	159	59.3	52.5-65.8	109	40.7	34.2-47.5
GENDER
Male	88	53	60.7	48.9-71.3	35	39.3	28.7-51.1
Female	180	106	58.3	50.2-66.0	74	41.7	34.0-49.8
RACE
White	232	140	59.5	52.3-66.4	92	40.5	33.6-47.7
Other	33	18	58.7	37.8-76.9	15	41.3	23.1-62.2
AGE
45+	268	159	59.3	52.5-65.8	109	40.7	34.2-47.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	152	91	59.3	50.5-67.6	61	40.7	32.4-49.5
Some College +	116	68	59.3	48.6-69.1	48	40.7	30.9-51.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	183	104	55.7	47.3-63.9	79	44.3	36.1-52.7
$50,000+	40	30	77.1	60.5-88.1	10	22.9	11.9-39.5