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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening--FEMALE Respondents Only

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 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 1,538 252 15.8 13.3-18.7 194 12.6 10.4-15.4 244 14.4 12.2-17.0 114 7.3 5.6- 9.6 734 49.8 46.0-53.5
African American 241 51 17.1 11.8-24.2 23 13.2 7.8-21.6 23 8.6 4.7-15.2 13 4.9 2.7- 9.0 131 56.1 47.3-64.6
Asian 12 1 2.7 0.3-18.5 2 8.6 1.6-36.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 88.7 62.4-97.4
Native American 51 5 4.0 1.5-10.4 3 16.4 3.3-53.0 3 10.9 3.0-32.2 5 6.2 2.1-17.0 35 62.5 37.7-82.1
Other Minorities 23 4 9.6 2.5-30.8 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 3 14.0 3.5-42.5 0 0.0 . - . 15 75.6 49.0-90.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 32 8 16.9 6.3-38.1 2 1.2 0.2- 5.7 3 17.0 4.4-47.5 1 0.4 0.0- 2.6 18 64.6 39.5-83.5
-English Speaking 26 6 11.1 3.8-28.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 3 20.0 5.2-53.3 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 15 68.1 40.0-87.2
-Spanish Speaking 6 2 49.5 11.2-88.4 1 5.7 0.6-36.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 44.8 10.2-85.3
Non-Hispanic 1,841 308 15.7 13.5-18.3 219 12.5 10.4-15.0 271 13.3 11.3-15.5 132 6.9 5.3- 8.8 911 51.6 48.2-55.0
AGE
50-54 372 49 13.2 8.8-19.4 38 10.7 6.9-16.4 42 10.4 6.8-15.7 18 3.1 1.6- 5.9 225 62.4 54.9-69.5
55-64 595 99 15.7 12.0-20.3 79 13.7 10.1-18.2 78 12.9 9.7-17.1 37 6.8 4.1-11.1 302 51.0 45.1-56.8
65-74 495 95 16.7 12.5-21.9 57 13.5 9.3-19.3 95 17.1 13.0-22.1 32 5.3 3.2- 8.5 216 47.4 40.9-54.0
75+ 415 74 17.5 12.7-23.6 49 10.5 7.2-15.0 59 11.4 8.1-16.0 46 13.5 9.2-19.5 187 47.1 40.3-54.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 428 77 16.3 11.6-22.4 45 13.2 8.6-19.7 40 9.7 6.3-14.7 29 7.1 3.9-12.6 237 53.6 46.3-60.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 587 102 16.7 12.9-21.4 57 11.0 8.0-14.9 87 14.1 10.8-18.4 39 5.3 3.4- 8.1 302 52.9 47.2-58.5
Some Post-H.S. 419 61 12.5 8.8-17.6 58 12.7 8.5-18.5 71 16.3 12.0-21.9 34 8.0 5.1-12.4 195 50.4 43.5-57.2
College Graduate 436 77 17.6 12.9-23.5 63 14.1 10.0-19.5 76 13.2 9.6-17.9 30 7.0 4.1-11.6 190 48.2 40.8-55.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 290 56 14.3 9.8-20.4 32 11.5 6.9-18.7 40 15.0 9.6-22.8 20 3.9 2.0- 7.2 142 55.3 46.7-63.7
$15,000- 24,999 312 45 15.1 9.8-22.5 35 12.8 8.1-19.5 43 11.4 7.4-17.1 26 6.8 4.1-11.1 163 53.9 45.4-62.2
$25,000- 34,999 197 35 13.4 8.1-21.4 19 11.0 6.0-19.3 37 15.8 10.3-23.5 12 3.5 1.4- 8.3 94 56.3 46.0-66.1
$35,000- 49,999 180 28 17.2 10.6-26.6 22 10.8 6.3-17.9 34 16.9 10.6-25.7 12 6.7 3.0-13.9 84 48.5 38.5-58.6
$50,000-74,999 147 21 15.3 8.6-25.9 15 12.7 6.9-22.0 15 6.9 3.4-13.4 15 13.1 6.8-23.8 81 52.0 40.3-63.5
$75,000+ 144 29 19.1 11.7-29.8 21 17.7 10.2-28.9 21 13.2 6.9-23.6 6 6.0 2.1-16.3 67 44.0 33.2-55.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 125 25 17.4 11.4-25.7 14 12.2 7.1-20.1 15 11.7 6.8-19.5 7 4.1 1.9- 8.7 64 54.5 44.2-64.4
Forsyth 125 29 21.6 14.6-30.9 17 12.1 7.3-19.2 23 19.3 12.8-28.0 7 4.4 2.0- 9.5 49 42.6 33.4-52.3
Guilford 120 26 21.4 14.5-30.5 17 17.0 10.4-26.6 23 18.4 12.2-26.9 4 4.3 1.6-11.5 50 38.8 29.8-48.6
Henderson/Transylvania 170 30 17.1 11.6-24.3 17 9.1 5.5-14.6 28 16.8 11.2-24.5 13 7.3 4.1-12.8 82 49.7 40.5-58.9
Mecklenburg 107 19 20.2 12.8-30.5 14 13.6 8.0-22.2 18 14.3 8.9-22.1 7 5.3 2.4-11.3 49 46.6 36.5-56.9
Orange 98 23 20.1 12.5-30.5 12 11.9 5.9-22.6 19 15.9 9.5-25.5 6 4.7 1.9-11.1 38 47.4 33.2-62.0
Pitt 98 16 11.4 6.3-19.8 13 9.9 5.2-18.1 14 11.5 6.0-20.8 8 5.8 2.7-12.2 47 61.4 46.2-74.6
Randolph 126 16 12.6 7.5-20.5 10 7.9 4.0-14.8 16 15.1 9.0-24.4 10 6.2 3.2-11.5 74 58.2 48.4-67.4
Robeson 133 21 12.8 8.1-19.6 12 12.2 6.7-21.1 10 9.1 4.7-16.8 11 9.8 5.2-17.6 79 56.2 46.6-65.3
Wake 75 13 15.5 8.7-26.3 12 18.1 9.7-31.3 14 18.2 10.4-29.8 7 6.9 2.9-15.6 29 41.3 29.3-54.5
Western NC 195 24 12.6 8.0-19.2 23 11.9 7.8-17.9 31 15.5 10.7-21.9 10 4.2 2.1- 8.0 107 55.8 48.0-63.4
Piedmont NC 259 41 16.1 11.5-22.2 29 7.5 4.8-11.6 31 11.3 7.6-16.6 17 7.3 4.4-11.8 141 57.7 50.5-64.6
Eastern NC 246 34 14.2 10.0-19.8 33 16.6 11.4-23.5 32 12.1 8.3-17.2 26 8.2 5.0-13.0 121 48.9 41.7-56.1

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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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