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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?*

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  Total
Respond.#
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years > 5 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,966 522 17.2 15.2-19.5 357 12.0 10.3-13.8 400 11.6 10.1-13.3 204 6.6 5.3- 8.2 1,483 52.6 49.8-55.3
GENDER
Male 1,089 205 19.0 15.6-23.0 134 11.4 9.0-14.4 126 9.6 7.5-12.2 71 6.5 4.4- 9.3 553 53.6 49.1-58.0
Female 1,877 317 15.8 13.5-18.3 223 12.4 10.3-14.9 274 13.3 11.3-15.6 133 6.7 5.2- 8.6 930 51.8 48.4-55.1
RACE
White 2,422 429 18.0 15.7-20.6 304 12.1 10.3-14.1 347 11.9 10.3-13.8 178 7.5 5.9- 9.4 1,164 50.5 47.4-53.5
African American 371 75 16.3 11.9-22.0 40 12.1 8.0-17.8 36 9.9 6.1-15.8 15 3.0 1.7- 5.5 205 58.6 51.4-65.4
Asian 22 2 9.6 1.7-40.0 4 29.1 6.9-69.4 1 1.1 0.1- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 15 60.2 27.0-86.1
Native American 85 7 2.9 1.2- 6.9 7 19.8 6.1-48.1 5 7.4 2.5-19.9 9 8.1 3.3-18.7 57 61.9 40.9-79.2
Other Minorities 47 5 5.5 1.7-16.6 1 0.4 0.0- 2.6 6 14.1 5.1-33.2 1 1.6 0.2-11.0 34 78.4 60.3-89.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 56 10 15.5 6.0-34.7 3 2.0 0.5- 8.3 8 19.7 8.2-40.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 34 62.6 43.4-78.5
-English Speaking 40 8 17.2 5.5-42.4 2 2.3 0.4-12.6 6 16.9 5.8-40.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 23 63.3 40.7-81.3
-Spanish Speaking 16 2 12.0 2.0-47.7 1 1.4 0.2-10.0 2 25.7 5.6-66.8 0 0.0 . - . 11 60.9 27.2-86.7
Non-Hispanic 2,904 511 17.3 15.2-19.5 352 12.1 10.4-14.0 392 11.5 10.0-13.2 203 6.7 5.4- 8.3 1,446 52.4 49.6-55.2
AGE
50-54 626 81 12.7 9.2-17.2 59 9.3 6.4-13.2 57 8.7 6.0-12.4 31 5.1 2.6- 9.9 398 64.3 58.3-69.9
55-64 962 166 17.7 14.4-21.6 121 12.7 10.0-16.0 123 11.9 9.4-15.0 60 6.6 4.5- 9.4 492 51.1 46.5-55.7
65-74 786 169 19.9 16.2-24.1 97 12.9 9.6-17.1 135 15.0 11.9-18.8 52 5.5 3.8- 8.0 333 46.7 41.6-51.9
75+ 592 106 18.8 13.1-26.2 80 13.1 9.6-17.8 85 10.1 7.5-13.6 61 10.8 7.6-15.0 260 47.2 40.9-53.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 666 108 14.5 11.1-18.8 71 11.5 8.2-15.9 54 8.6 5.9-12.4 37 5.0 3.0- 8.4 396 60.4 54.6-65.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 885 163 19.4 15.4-24.2 94 11.2 8.5-14.5 113 11.4 8.9-14.5 61 5.0 3.6- 7.1 454 53.0 48.1-57.9
Some Post-H.S. 612 101 13.8 10.4-17.9 83 12.5 9.0-16.9 86 13.0 9.7-17.2 43 8.4 5.0-13.7 299 52.5 46.6-58.2
College Graduate 791 149 20.6 16.4-25.4 109 13.5 10.3-17.5 147 14.2 11.3-17.8 62 9.0 6.3-12.6 324 42.7 37.4-48.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 391 74 18.3 11.5-27.8 42 10.5 6.7-16.1 49 14.4 9.6-21.1 26 4.2 2.4- 7.1 200 52.6 44.3-60.8
$15,000- 24,999 479 70 15.4 11.2-20.8 60 12.8 8.9-18.0 53 8.9 6.0-13.0 43 7.6 5.0-11.3 253 55.4 48.8-61.8
$25,000- 34,999 310 55 15.2 10.3-21.8 33 10.4 6.5-16.3 49 12.6 8.7-18.1 19 3.3 1.8- 6.2 154 58.4 50.4-66.1
$35,000- 49,999 343 68 18.7 13.5-25.3 38 10.3 6.6-15.8 56 14.4 10.0-20.2 19 7.6 3.3-16.5 162 49.0 41.2-57.0
$50,000-74,999 261 41 18.5 12.2-27.0 32 14.6 9.6-21.6 33 8.4 5.0-13.8 25 9.9 5.8-16.2 130 48.7 39.8-57.7
$75,000+ 314 69 20.8 15.1-27.9 44 17.2 11.5-24.9 53 13.4 9.4-18.9 13 4.6 2.2- 9.6 135 44.0 36.2-52.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 199 40 17.9 12.9-24.4 22 11.7 7.5-17.7 23 11.3 7.2-17.3 10 4.7 2.3- 9.4 104 54.3 46.3-62.1
Forsyth 200 46 20.4 15.0-27.2 26 11.2 7.3-16.9 39 21.5 15.2-29.5 12 5.2 2.8- 9.3 77 41.7 34.0-49.8
Guilford 183 38 20.6 14.7-27.9 26 15.7 10.4-22.8 31 14.6 10.1-20.7 7 4.2 2.0- 8.9 81 45.0 36.7-53.5
Henderson/Transylvania 268 51 18.2 13.2-24.5 37 14.0 9.9-19.5 42 16.2 11.6-22.3 20 7.1 4.5-11.2 118 44.4 37.0-52.0
Mecklenburg 153 28 19.6 13.4-27.7 22 14.2 9.3-21.1 24 12.7 8.3-19.1 9 5.0 2.5- 9.7 70 48.5 39.9-57.3
Orange 163 36 21.1 14.7-29.3 23 14.2 9.1-21.6 24 11.7 7.5-17.7 11 5.6 2.8-10.8 69 47.3 37.5-57.4
Pitt 145 23 11.0 6.9-17.2 16 7.8 4.5-13.2 19 11.2 6.5-18.7 12 6.1 3.3-11.1 75 63.8 53.1-73.3
Randolph 203 30 15.7 10.8-22.4 14 5.8 3.3-10.1 24 12.0 7.8-17.9 17 6.8 4.0-11.3 118 59.7 51.9-67.0
Robeson 213 34 12.7 8.9-17.9 24 12.8 8.4-19.0 16 8.6 5.1-14.3 16 7.8 4.7-12.8 123 58.1 50.3-65.4
Wake 130 23 15.4 10.1-23.0 20 17.8 11.2-27.0 27 18.5 12.5-26.6 8 4.6 2.1-10.0 52 43.7 34.3-53.5
Western NC 340 50 14.8 11.0-19.7 38 12.5 8.6-17.7 42 11.0 8.0-15.0 22 6.0 3.8- 9.3 188 55.7 49.6-61.5
Piedmont NC 409 71 19.5 14.9-25.1 41 7.0 4.8-10.1 44 8.4 5.8-12.0 26 7.0 4.3-11.2 227 58.2 52.1-64.0
Eastern NC 360 52 15.0 11.3-19.8 48 15.7 11.5-21.0 45 11.9 8.6-16.3 34 8.0 5.3-11.8 181 49.4 43.4-55.4

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being age 50 and older and reported having sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy examsand those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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