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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening--WHITE 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 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
50-54 481 68 14.4 10.3-19.9 45 8.7 5.7-13.2 47 7.8 5.2-11.5 24 6.2 3.0-12.5 297 62.8 55.8-69.4
55-64 771 127 17.7 14.0-22.1 102 12.5 9.7-16.1 107 13.4 10.4-17.0 54 7.7 5.2-11.2 381 48.7 43.6-53.8
65-74 665 141 20.6 16.5-25.4 89 13.6 10.0-18.2 117 14.6 11.5-18.4 46 6.1 4.1- 9.1 272 45.1 39.7-50.7
75+ 505 93 19.9 13.4-28.4 68 13.3 9.4-18.5 76 10.6 7.7-14.5 54 10.8 7.4-15.6 214 45.3 38.5-52.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 460 73 15.8 11.5-21.3 50 10.5 7.0-15.5 45 8.4 5.8-12.1 32 6.7 3.9-11.4 260 58.6 51.8-65.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 747 140 19.9 15.4-25.3 81 11.8 8.9-15.5 107 13.0 10.1-16.6 55 5.5 3.8- 7.8 364 49.8 44.4-55.2
Some Post-H.S. 512 83 13.6 10.0-18.2 74 12.7 8.9-17.7 70 11.9 8.6-16.2 32 8.6 4.7-15.2 253 53.3 46.8-59.7
College Graduate 697 133 21.5 17.0-26.9 99 13.4 10.0-17.5 125 13.7 10.6-17.5 59 10.1 7.0-14.2 281 41.4 35.7-47.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 280 56 22.3 13.3-35.0 32 9.8 6.1-15.3 40 14.0 9.1-21.1 18 4.1 2.2- 7.5 134 49.8 40.2-59.4
$15,000- 24,999 363 48 15.8 10.9-22.4 45 12.4 8.1-18.4 44 9.6 6.3-14.5 36 9.3 6.0-14.2 190 52.9 45.4-60.4
$25,000- 34,999 260 47 15.3 10.0-22.8 29 10.2 6.1-16.6 41 12.9 8.5-19.2 19 4.0 2.1- 7.4 124 57.5 48.6-66.0
$35,000- 49,999 296 60 19.2 13.6-26.5 35 10.2 6.5-15.7 46 11.6 7.9-16.7 17 8.6 3.7-18.8 138 50.4 41.9-58.9
$50,000-74,999 238 38 19.3 12.6-28.5 28 13.8 8.7-21.2 29 8.3 4.7-14.1 24 10.5 6.1-17.3 119 48.1 38.7-57.7
$75,000+ 279 68 23.6 17.2-31.5 41 18.1 11.8-26.6 47 13.5 9.2-19.5 11 4.7 2.1-10.4 112 40.0 32.0-48.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 177 37 18.4 13.1-25.2 20 12.6 8.0-19.3 22 12.3 7.8-19.0 8 4.6 2.1-10.1 90 52.1 43.6-60.5
Forsyth 160 34 19.9 13.9-27.7 18 9.5 5.6-15.8 31 21.8 14.7-31.2 10 5.3 2.7-10.0 67 43.4 34.8-52.5
Guilford 143 29 22.1 15.2-30.9 24 18.3 12.1-26.6 27 16.6 11.2-23.8 4 2.9 1.0- 8.0 59 40.2 31.5-49.6
Henderson/Transylvania 258 50 19.1 13.9-25.8 37 14.9 10.6-20.6 40 15.4 11.0-21.2 19 7.2 4.4-11.4 112 43.4 35.9-51.2
Mecklenburg 106 19 21.3 13.6-31.7 18 18.5 11.7-28.0 20 15.1 9.5-23.1 8 6.6 3.1-13.5 41 38.5 28.9-49.1
Orange 145 31 21.3 14.4-30.2 21 14.7 9.1-22.7 21 11.2 7.0-17.5 11 6.3 3.2-12.0 61 46.6 36.0-57.5
Pitt 103 14 9.8 5.3-17.3 14 9.6 5.2-16.9 15 11.0 5.9-19.5 11 7.8 4.0-14.8 49 61.8 48.3-73.7
Randolph 189 28 15.8 10.7-22.7 13 5.5 3.1- 9.8 23 12.3 8.0-18.5 16 6.9 4.0-11.6 109 59.5 51.5-67.1
Robeson 108 19 13.0 8.1-20.4 15 16.2 9.5-26.4 11 12.0 6.3-21.7 10 9.8 5.2-17.9 53 48.9 38.4-59.6
Wake 105 20 16.9 10.8-25.6 17 18.9 11.5-29.3 22 19.9 13.0-29.3 8 5.6 2.5-12.2 38 38.6 28.9-49.4
Western NC 326 48 14.8 10.9-19.7 36 12.6 8.6-18.0 39 10.5 7.5-14.5 21 5.9 3.7- 9.3 182 56.2 50.0-62.2
Piedmont NC 345 64 21.3 16.0-27.7 36 6.9 4.6-10.2 40 7.8 5.4-11.2 24 8.1 5.0-13.1 181 55.8 49.2-62.3
Eastern NC 257 36 15.0 10.6-20.8 35 15.0 10.3-21.3 36 13.2 9.2-18.5 28 9.7 6.2-14.7 122 47.2 40.1-54.3

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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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