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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 blood stool test using a home kit?*

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  Total
Respond.#
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,866 602 31.0 28.0-34.2 238 12.5 10.5-14.8 130 6.6 5.2- 8.3 116 6.1 4.6- 8.0 780 43.8 40.5-47.3
RACE
White 1,522 498 30.9 27.6-34.5 208 13.2 11.0-15.8 116 7.3 5.7- 9.4 98 6.1 4.6- 8.0 602 42.5 38.8-46.3
African American 246 79 34.7 26.8-43.5 28 11.3 6.7-18.3 8 1.6 0.7- 3.6 11 4.8 2.0-11.5 120 47.6 39.0-56.3
Asian 12 3 26.8 6.7-65.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.7 0.9-37.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 66.4 30.2-90.0
Native American 51 15 25.2 11.9-45.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 10.8 4.1-25.3 29 63.2 41.7-80.5
Other Minorities 23 5 13.2 4.3-33.9 1 5.9 0.8-32.6 3 21.0 6.5-50.2 1 17.6 2.7-62.2 13 42.3 19.0-69.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 31 9 17.7 7.5-36.4 2 12.7 2.1-49.9 3 26.8 9.2-57.0 0 0.0 . - . 17 42.7 21.4-67.2
-English Speaking 25 7 15.8 5.7-36.8 2 15.1 2.5-55.5 2 23.6 6.2-58.9 0 0.0 . - . 14 45.5 21.0-72.3
-Spanish Speaking 6 2 27.6 5.2-72.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 44.1 8.1-87.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 28.3 5.8-71.8
Non-Hispanic 1,831 593 31.3 28.2-34.5 235 12.5 10.5-14.8 127 6.2 4.9- 7.9 116 6.2 4.7- 8.2 760 43.8 40.4-47.2
AGE
50-54 372 105 27.7 21.3-35.3 28 8.7 5.5-13.5 20 4.0 2.1- 7.6 18 4.9 2.6- 8.8 201 54.7 46.9-62.2
55-64 592 198 35.6 30.1-41.4 84 14.6 10.8-19.3 45 8.6 5.7-12.7 34 5.4 3.3- 8.7 231 35.9 30.5-41.6
65-74 492 169 30.3 24.9-36.5 62 10.0 6.9-14.3 38 5.3 3.5- 8.1 31 7.3 4.1-12.7 192 47.0 40.4-53.6
75+ 410 130 27.5 21.6-34.2 64 17.3 12.7-23.2 27 7.9 4.9-12.4 33 7.1 4.5-11.0 156 40.2 33.7-47.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 432 113 25.2 19.1-32.6 63 13.8 9.6-19.5 24 5.0 3.0- 8.0 26 7.5 4.1-13.3 206 48.4 41.2-55.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 584 216 36.4 31.0-42.2 71 13.0 9.7-17.2 43 6.3 4.3- 9.0 28 4.6 2.8- 7.5 226 39.7 34.2-45.5
Some Post-H.S. 415 132 30.3 24.6-36.8 53 11.6 8.2-16.3 20 5.9 3.3-10.3 31 5.5 3.4- 8.9 179 46.6 39.7-53.6
College Graduate 428 140 30.5 24.5-37.2 51 11.1 7.3-16.5 42 10.3 6.2-16.4 30 7.4 4.2-12.7 165 40.8 33.6-48.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 296 90 30.7 23.2-39.4 28 9.4 5.3-16.0 22 7.7 4.6-12.5 22 9.9 4.9-19.1 134 42.3 34.3-50.8
$15,000- 24,999 309 82 29.6 22.0-38.5 45 11.1 7.5-16.2 13 1.6 0.8- 3.1 16 3.9 2.0- 7.3 153 53.9 45.3-62.2
$25,000- 34,999 195 73 34.2 25.2-44.4 23 11.4 6.6-19.1 16 6.5 3.6-11.6 17 5.2 2.5-10.5 66 42.6 32.4-53.6
$35,000- 49,999 180 64 27.6 20.2-36.6 26 12.7 7.4-21.1 22 13.6 8.0-22.2 7 4.6 1.7-11.9 61 41.4 31.6-52.0
$50,000-74,999 144 52 32.3 22.7-43.6 17 11.7 5.9-21.8 12 10.2 4.2-22.8 12 9.7 4.3-20.5 51 36.0 25.4-48.2
$75,000+ 145 57 36.3 26.2-47.7 20 20.6 12.4-32.3 7 5.4 2.1-13.5 6 6.5 2.4-16.3 55 31.2 21.9-42.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 124 48 43.2 32.9-54.1 13 10.6 5.9-18.3 9 7.2 3.6-14.1 9 5.1 2.6- 9.9 45 33.9 25.2-43.8
Forsyth 129 59 46.4 37.1-55.9 10 7.0 3.7-13.0 10 6.7 3.5-12.6 8 7.4 3.5-14.7 42 32.5 24.3-41.9
Guilford 121 55 44.8 35.4-54.6 18 17.0 10.4-26.5 9 8.5 4.3-16.4 6 3.8 1.5- 9.3 33 25.8 18.4-34.9
Henderson/Transylvania 166 51 28.0 20.9-36.5 22 11.9 7.6-18.2 13 6.4 3.6-11.4 10 5.1 2.7- 9.7 70 48.4 39.2-57.9
Mecklenburg 105 35 33.0 24.2-43.2 20 19.3 12.2-29.2 11 11.0 5.9-19.6 3 2.1 0.7- 6.6 36 34.5 25.3-45.0
Orange 97 32 31.2 20.8-44.0 12 10.1 5.4-18.3 5 3.1 1.1- 8.0 6 13.0 4.0-35.0 42 42.6 29.0-57.4
Pitt 100 30 25.9 16.1-38.7 13 9.6 5.1-17.4 9 14.1 5.0-33.8 5 16.4 3.6-50.6 43 34.0 22.1-48.4
Randolph 123 40 33.5 24.9-43.3 22 18.4 11.9-27.4 6 4.5 1.8-11.1 9 6.8 3.3-13.7 46 36.7 27.8-46.6
Robeson 134 31 24.6 17.2-33.9 12 8.4 4.6-14.6 4 2.3 0.8- 6.1 9 8.2 4.0-16.1 78 56.6 47.1-65.6
Wake 75 26 32.0 21.6-44.5 15 19.5 11.1-31.8 4 5.9 1.9-16.8 5 8.1 3.2-19.2 25 34.6 23.2-48.0
Western NC 198 60 28.5 22.0-36.1 25 14.7 9.9-21.3 13 7.3 4.1-12.7 13 5.3 3.0- 9.2 87 44.2 36.7-52.1
Piedmont NC 253 73 30.8 24.4-38.1 26 9.0 5.8-13.7 22 5.9 3.4-10.1 21 9.0 5.4-14.6 111 45.2 38.1-52.6
Eastern NC 241 62 27.0 21.0-34.1 30 12.8 8.6-18.5 15 5.7 3.4- 9.7 12 3.2 1.7- 6.0 122 51.3 43.9-58.5

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being age 50 and older and reported having a blood stool test and 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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