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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening--MALE 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 1,089 205 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
RACE
White 884 177 20.7 16.7-25.4 110 11.4 8.7-14.7 103 9.0 6.8-11.6 64 7.6 5.2-11.1 430 51.3 46.4-56.3
African American 130 24 15.2 8.6-25.6 17 10.5 5.5-18.9 13 11.9 5.4-24.2 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 74 62.2 50.0-73.1
Asian 10 1 16.4 2.0-65.5 2 49.4 11.3-88.2 1 2.2 0.3-17.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 32.0 8.2-71.4
Native American 34 2 2.2 0.5- 9.2 4 21.7 4.6-61.6 2 5.3 0.9-26.7 4 9.3 2.8-26.6 22 61.5 32.4-84.2
Other Minorities 24 1 1.3 0.2- 9.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 14.2 3.1-45.6 1 3.3 0.5-20.8 19 81.2 53.1-94.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 24 2 14.0 2.2-53.8 1 2.8 0.4-18.3 5 22.7 6.9-53.7 0 0.0 . - . 16 60.5 32.4-83.0
-English Speaking 14 2 27.9 5.0-74.0 1 5.7 0.7-32.8 3 11.5 3.2-34.0 0 0.0 . - . 8 54.9 22.0-84.0
-Spanish Speaking 10 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 33.9 7.4-76.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 66.1 23.3-92.6
Non-Hispanic 1,063 203 19.1 15.7-23.2 133 11.6 9.1-14.7 121 9.3 7.2-12.0 71 6.6 4.5- 9.5 535 53.3 48.8-57.8
AGE
50-54 254 32 12.1 7.4-19.2 21 7.8 4.2-14.2 15 7.0 3.5-13.3 13 7.0 2.7-16.9 173 66.1 56.5-74.5
55-64 367 67 20.0 14.7-26.6 42 11.6 7.8-17.0 45 10.8 7.3-15.7 23 6.3 3.7-10.7 190 51.3 44.1-58.4
65-74 291 74 24.9 18.6-32.5 40 11.8 7.3-18.5 40 11.7 7.5-17.8 20 5.9 3.2-10.6 117 45.7 37.6-54.0
75+ 177 32 20.7 10.0-37.9 31 17.1 10.3-27.1 26 8.1 4.6-14.0 15 6.7 3.3-13.1 73 47.4 35.6-59.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 238 31 12.2 7.8-18.5 26 9.2 5.3-15.5 14 7.1 3.5-14.0 8 2.3 0.8- 6.1 159 69.3 60.6-76.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 298 61 22.8 15.6-32.2 37 11.4 7.2-17.6 26 7.8 4.7-12.8 22 4.7 2.7- 8.1 152 53.2 44.6-61.6
Some Post-H.S. 193 40 15.5 10.0-23.3 25 12.1 7.1-19.9 15 8.0 3.9-15.7 9 8.8 3.1-22.8 104 55.5 45.1-65.5
College Graduate 355 72 23.2 17.0-30.8 46 13.0 8.5-19.3 71 15.1 10.9-20.6 32 10.7 6.7-16.7 134 37.9 30.7-45.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 101 18 26.5 11.1-50.9 10 8.5 3.5-19.2 9 13.1 5.4-28.7 6 4.8 1.8-12.4 58 47.0 31.0-63.7
$15,000- 24,999 167 25 15.7 9.6-24.8 25 12.8 7.0-22.2 10 5.7 2.3-13.2 17 8.5 4.4-15.9 90 57.3 46.7-67.2
$25,000- 34,999 113 20 17.8 9.7-30.4 14 9.5 4.4-19.3 12 8.0 3.6-16.8 7 3.2 1.4- 7.1 60 61.6 48.5-73.2
$35,000- 49,999 163 40 19.8 12.6-29.6 16 9.9 5.0-18.8 22 12.5 7.2-21.0 7 8.3 2.4-25.1 78 49.5 38.0-60.9
$50,000-74,999 114 20 21.4 11.9-35.3 17 16.4 9.1-27.7 18 9.8 4.7-19.3 10 6.8 2.8-15.4 49 45.6 32.8-59.1
$75,000+ 170 40 21.7 14.3-31.5 23 16.9 9.6-28.0 32 13.6 8.8-20.4 7 3.8 1.3-10.7 68 44.0 33.6-54.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 74 15 18.6 11.0-29.6 8 11.1 5.3-22.0 8 10.8 5.1-21.6 3 5.4 1.6-16.4 40 54.1 41.6-66.1
Forsyth 75 17 19.1 11.7-29.8 9 10.3 4.9-20.4 16 23.8 13.8-37.8 5 5.9 2.4-14.0 28 40.8 28.9-53.9
Guilford 63 12 19.6 10.9-32.5 9 14.1 7.0-26.3 8 10.2 5.0-19.9 3 4.1 1.3-12.4 31 52.0 38.3-65.5
Henderson/Transylvania 98 21 19.5 11.6-30.8 20 19.4 12.2-29.4 14 15.5 8.7-26.0 7 6.9 3.2-14.2 36 38.7 27.6-51.0
Mecklenburg 46 9 18.5 9.2-33.6 8 15.3 7.5-28.6 6 10.2 4.1-23.4 2 4.3 1.0-16.2 21 51.7 36.2-66.8
Orange 65 13 22.5 12.8-36.3 11 17.1 9.5-28.8 5 6.5 2.6-15.3 5 6.7 2.5-17.0 31 47.2 34.5-60.4
Pitt 47 7 10.5 4.8-21.5 3 4.8 1.5-14.4 5 10.8 4.0-26.2 4 6.5 2.3-16.9 28 67.4 51.9-79.9
Randolph 77 14 18.8 11.0-30.2 4 3.8 1.4-10.2 8 8.8 4.3-17.3 7 7.5 3.3-15.8 44 61.1 48.9-72.0
Robeson 80 13 12.6 7.1-21.4 12 13.5 7.4-23.3 6 8.1 3.4-18.4 5 5.7 2.3-13.4 44 60.1 47.9-71.1
Wake 55 10 15.4 8.1-27.3 8 17.4 8.7-31.9 13 18.9 10.7-31.3 1 2.2 0.3-14.1 23 46.1 32.3-60.6
Western NC 145 26 16.9 11.3-24.4 15 13.0 7.3-22.2 11 7.0 3.8-12.4 12 7.7 4.2-13.6 81 55.5 46.4-64.2
Piedmont NC 150 30 23.5 15.6-33.7 12 6.3 3.2-11.9 13 4.9 2.2-10.4 9 6.7 2.7-15.6 86 58.7 48.5-68.2
Eastern NC 114 18 16.2 10.0-25.3 15 14.3 8.2-23.6 13 11.7 6.4-20.4 8 7.7 3.8-15.0 60 50.1 39.9-60.3

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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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