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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Randolph County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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%)
North Carolina 2,966 522 17.2 15.2-19.5 357 12.0 10.3-13.8 400 11.6 10.1-13.3 204 6.6 5.3- 8.2 1,483 52.6 49.8-55.3
Randolph County 203 30 15.7 10.8-22.4 14 5.8 3.3-10.1 24 12.0 7.8-17.9 17 6.8 4.0-11.3 118 59.7 51.9-67.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 199 40 17.9 12.9-24.4 22 11.7 7.5-17.7 23 11.3 7.2-17.3 10 4.7 2.3- 9.4 104 54.3 46.3-62.1
Forsyth 200 46 20.4 15.0-27.2 26 11.2 7.3-16.9 39 21.5 15.2-29.5 12 5.2 2.8- 9.3 77 41.7 34.0-49.8
Guilford 183 38 20.6 14.7-27.9 26 15.7 10.4-22.8 31 14.6 10.1-20.7 7 4.2 2.0- 8.9 81 45.0 36.7-53.5
Henderson/Transylvania 268 51 18.2 13.2-24.5 37 14.0 9.9-19.5 42 16.2 11.6-22.3 20 7.1 4.5-11.2 118 44.4 37.0-52.0
Mecklenburg 153 28 19.6 13.4-27.7 22 14.2 9.3-21.1 24 12.7 8.3-19.1 9 5.0 2.5- 9.7 70 48.5 39.9-57.3
Orange 163 36 21.1 14.7-29.3 23 14.2 9.1-21.6 24 11.7 7.5-17.7 11 5.6 2.8-10.8 69 47.3 37.5-57.4
Pitt 145 23 11.0 6.9-17.2 16 7.8 4.5-13.2 19 11.2 6.5-18.7 12 6.1 3.3-11.1 75 63.8 53.1-73.3
Robeson 213 34 12.7 8.9-17.9 24 12.8 8.4-19.0 16 8.6 5.1-14.3 16 7.8 4.7-12.8 123 58.1 50.3-65.4
Wake 130 23 15.4 10.1-23.0 20 17.8 11.2-27.0 27 18.5 12.5-26.6 8 4.6 2.1-10.0 52 43.7 34.3-53.5
Western NC 340 50 14.8 11.0-19.7 38 12.5 8.6-17.7 42 11.0 8.0-15.0 22 6.0 3.8- 9.3 188 55.7 49.6-61.5
Piedmont NC 409 71 19.5 14.9-25.1 41 7.0 4.8-10.1 44 8.4 5.8-12.0 26 7.0 4.3-11.2 227 58.2 52.1-64.0
Eastern NC 360 52 15.0 11.3-19.8 48 15.7 11.5-21.0 45 11.9 8.6-16.3 34 8.0 5.3-11.8 181 49.4 43.4-55.4

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Randolph County. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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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