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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 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 1,091 346 27.5 23.9-31.4 104 10.1 7.8-13.1 65 6.1 4.3- 8.4 55 5.7 3.8- 8.6 521 50.6 46.1-55.0
RACE
White 879 300 29.2 25.2-33.7 87 11.3 8.5-14.9 56 6.1 4.3- 8.6 45 6.4 4.1-10.0 391 46.9 41.9-51.9
African American 138 33 22.7 14.4-34.0 14 6.9 3.5-13.3 7 7.4 2.7-19.0 4 2.5 0.9- 7.2 80 60.4 48.5-71.1
Asian 10 2 13.6 2.5-49.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 86.4 50.7-97.5
Native American 34 8 31.1 11.3-61.5 1 1.1 0.1- 7.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.8 3 6.3 1.5-22.9 21 60.9 33.1-83.0
Other Minorities 23 1 1.3 0.2- 9.4 1 2.4 0.3-15.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.8 0.9-15.5 18 92.4 79.3-97.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 23 3 18.2 4.3-52.8 1 2.9 0.4-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.8 1.3-21.8 17 73.1 43.7-90.5
-English Speaking 14 3 35.9 9.6-74.7 1 5.7 0.7-32.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.7 0.6-28.6 9 53.7 21.4-83.1
-Spanish Speaking 9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.8 0.8-38.6 8 93.2 61.4-99.2
Non-Hispanic 1,066 342 27.7 24.1-31.6 103 10.3 7.9-13.3 65 6.2 4.4- 8.6 53 5.7 3.7- 8.7 503 50.1 45.6-54.6
AGE
50-54 254 50 15.9 10.7-22.9 19 10.0 5.7-16.9 18 6.6 3.4-12.7 16 8.7 3.9-18.4 151 58.8 49.4-67.6
55-64 367 120 30.4 24.3-37.2 29 10.1 6.3-15.7 20 5.6 3.1- 9.8 14 4.8 2.5- 9.0 184 49.2 42.1-56.4
65-74 289 120 39.5 31.8-47.8 36 10.6 6.8-16.1 15 4.3 2.0- 9.1 11 4.0 1.8- 8.7 107 41.6 33.6-50.0
75+ 181 56 24.1 16.4-34.1 20 10.0 5.2-18.4 12 8.8 4.4-16.7 14 5.0 2.5- 9.8 79 52.0 40.2-63.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 246 55 16.2 11.1-23.1 25 9.4 5.5-15.6 11 4.6 2.1- 9.5 14 4.0 2.2- 7.2 141 65.8 57.4-73.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 292 103 30.3 23.4-38.3 23 8.9 5.2-14.9 13 3.9 1.8- 8.3 10 3.5 1.6- 7.5 143 53.4 44.8-61.7
Some Post-H.S. 193 64 31.0 22.7-40.7 16 10.5 5.5-19.2 12 5.8 2.9-11.5 9 9.4 3.4-23.3 92 43.3 33.8-53.3
College Graduate 355 123 32.4 25.7-39.8 40 12.2 7.9-18.3 29 10.2 6.0-16.7 22 7.4 3.9-13.5 141 37.9 30.6-45.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 105 27 23.4 13.3-37.7 5 5.4 1.8-15.0 6 7.5 2.7-19.1 5 3.0 1.0- 8.2 62 60.8 44.9-74.6
$15,000- 24,999 166 50 25.0 17.2-34.8 11 3.4 1.6- 7.1 9 5.7 2.5-12.6 6 3.8 1.4-10.2 90 62.0 51.7-71.3
$25,000- 34,999 114 34 28.9 18.9-41.6 11 7.4 2.9-17.4 11 8.5 3.5-19.1 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5 55 54.4 41.4-66.9
$35,000- 49,999 161 64 35.4 25.6-46.7 16 9.4 5.1-16.6 11 7.6 3.1-17.4 8 12.4 4.9-28.0 62 35.2 25.1-46.9
$50,000-74,999 114 39 28.5 18.4-41.4 8 9.9 3.9-23.0 11 5.4 2.4-11.6 11 6.1 2.4-14.4 45 50.1 37.0-63.3
$75,000+ 171 66 30.9 22.4-40.9 19 16.7 9.7-27.4 9 3.8 1.6- 8.6 5 4.3 1.5-11.6 72 44.3 33.9-55.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 74 29 36.8 25.8-49.3 6 8.9 3.6-20.2 3 3.4 1.0-10.6 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9 35 49.6 37.3-61.9
Forsyth 76 31 40.7 29.1-53.4 11 12.5 6.6-22.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 3 4.9 1.5-14.6 30 41.3 29.1-54.6
Guilford 64 26 40.8 28.3-54.7 4 6.8 2.3-18.5 2 4.2 1.0-16.1 1 1.6 0.2-10.3 31 46.6 33.3-60.4
Henderson/Transylvania 97 38 37.5 27.3-49.0 9 9.9 4.8-19.3 6 6.9 2.9-15.5 10 10.3 5.5-18.6 34 35.3 24.6-47.6
Mecklenburg 47 12 23.3 12.9-38.4 6 9.5 4.0-21.0 2 3.5 0.8-13.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 26 62.3 46.9-75.6
Orange 64 19 31.8 20.7-45.5 5 6.9 2.8-16.3 7 6.9 3.2-14.4 2 2.4 0.6- 9.9 31 51.9 38.7-64.8
Pitt 48 11 20.2 10.0-36.8 7 15.2 6.9-30.0 1 3.0 0.4-18.2 4 8.4 3.1-20.8 25 53.2 37.5-68.4
Randolph 76 33 45.9 33.8-58.4 5 6.8 2.8-15.6 6 8.0 3.4-17.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 31 38.4 27.5-50.7
Robeson 80 20 23.3 14.7-34.8 4 4.0 1.4-10.8 6 6.2 2.7-13.6 3 3.0 0.9- 9.4 47 63.5 51.4-74.1
Wake 57 18 28.1 17.1-42.5 6 11.1 4.8-23.5 6 15.2 5.9-34.0 6 12.2 5.0-26.7 21 33.3 21.7-47.5
Western NC 144 38 25.0 18.2-33.3 12 7.6 4.2-13.5 7 4.7 2.1-10.2 7 4.9 2.3-10.0 80 57.8 48.8-66.3
Piedmont NC 150 37 21.2 14.7-29.6 13 7.4 3.9-13.7 10 6.1 3.2-11.4 10 7.5 3.3-16.3 80 57.7 47.9-67.0
Eastern NC 114 34 30.5 22.0-40.7 16 16.1 9.7-25.5 8 6.0 2.8-12.4 6 4.4 1.6-11.6 50 43.0 33.2-53.4

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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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