BRFSS 2005 - Union County: (Do you think people your age or older who do not have symptoms should be tested for colon or rectal cancer?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	8,254	7,808	94.9	94.3-95.4	446	5.1	4.6- 5.7
-Union County	171	161	95.3	91.2-97.6	10	4.7	2.4- 8.8
GENDER
Male	65	64	99.3	95.2-99.9	1	0.7	0.1- 4.8
Female	106	97	92.1	84.9-96.1	9	7.9	3.9-15.1
RACE
White	155	146	95.3	90.7-97.7	9	4.7	2.3- 9.3
Other	15	14	95.4	73.0-99.4	1	4.6	0.6-27.0
AGE
45+	171	161	95.3	91.2-97.6	10	4.7	2.4- 8.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	72	94.8	87.3-98.0	5	5.2	2.0-12.7
Some College +	93	88	95.7	89.5-98.3	5	4.3	1.7-10.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	93	88	94.9	87.7-97.9	5	5.1	2.1-12.3
$50,000+	49	46	97.2	91.1-99.1	3	2.8	0.9- 8.9

*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: Union County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Do you think people your age or older who do not have symptoms should 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	8,254	7,808	94.9	94.3-95.4	446	5.1	4.6- 5.7
-Union County	171	161	95.3	91.2-97.6	10	4.7	2.4- 8.8
GENDER
Male	65	64	99.3	95.2-99.9	1	0.7	0.1- 4.8
Female	106	97	92.1	84.9-96.1	9	7.9	3.9-15.1
RACE
White	155	146	95.3	90.7-97.7	9	4.7	2.3- 9.3
Other	15	14	95.4	73.0-99.4	1	4.6	0.6-27.0
AGE
45+	171	161	95.3	91.2-97.6	10	4.7	2.4- 8.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	72	94.8	87.3-98.0	5	5.2	2.0-12.7
Some College +	93	88	95.7	89.5-98.3	5	4.3	1.7-10.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	93	88	94.9	87.7-97.9	5	5.1	2.1-12.3
$50,000+	49	46	97.2	91.1-99.1	3	2.8	0.9- 8.9