BRFSS 2005 - Union 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
-Union County	178	132	73.6	65.9-80.2	46	26.4	19.8-34.1
GENDER
Male	68	52	75.6	62.8-85.0	16	24.4	15.0-37.2
Female	110	80	72.0	61.9-80.3	30	28.0	19.7-38.1
RACE
White	162	124	76.4	68.5-82.9	38	23.6	17.1-31.5
Other	15	7	50.4	24.6-75.9	8	49.6	24.1-75.4
AGE
45+	178	132	73.6	65.9-80.2	46	26.4	19.8-34.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	60	76.0	64.7-84.5	21	24.0	15.5-35.3
Some College +	96	72	72.8	61.8-81.6	24	27.2	18.4-38.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	97	70	66.9	55.3-76.8	27	33.1	23.2-44.7
$50,000+	50	39	82.0	69.2-90.2	11	18.0	9.8-30.8

*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

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
-Union County	178	132	73.6	65.9-80.2	46	26.4	19.8-34.1
GENDER
Male	68	52	75.6	62.8-85.0	16	24.4	15.0-37.2
Female	110	80	72.0	61.9-80.3	30	28.0	19.7-38.1
RACE
White	162	124	76.4	68.5-82.9	38	23.6	17.1-31.5
Other	15	7	50.4	24.6-75.9	8	49.6	24.1-75.4
AGE
45+	178	132	73.6	65.9-80.2	46	26.4	19.8-34.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	60	76.0	64.7-84.5	21	24.0	15.5-35.3
Some College +	96	72	72.8	61.8-81.6	24	27.2	18.4-38.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	97	70	66.9	55.3-76.8	27	33.1	23.2-44.7
$50,000+	50	39	82.0	69.2-90.2	11	18.0	9.8-30.8