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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Randolph County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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%)
North Carolina 2,957 948 29.4 27.1-31.9 342 11.4 9.9-13.2 195 6.3 5.2- 7.7 171 5.9 4.7- 7.5 1,301 46.9 44.2-49.6
Randolph County 199 73 39.7 32.1-47.9 27 12.6 8.4-18.4 12 6.3 3.3-11.4 10 3.9 1.9- 7.7 77 37.6 30.3-45.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 198 77 40.3 32.5-48.5 19 9.8 6.0-15.8 12 5.5 3.0- 9.8 10 3.4 1.7- 6.5 80 41.0 33.4-49.1
Forsyth 205 90 43.6 36.0-51.5 21 9.7 6.1-15.1 11 3.8 2.0- 7.0 11 6.2 3.3-11.4 72 36.7 29.3-44.9
Guilford 185 81 42.9 35.0-51.3 22 12.3 7.7-18.9 11 6.5 3.4-12.1 7 2.8 1.2- 6.4 64 35.5 27.8-44.0
Henderson/Transylvania 263 89 32.5 26.3-39.5 31 11.0 7.4-16.1 19 6.7 4.0-11.0 20 7.6 4.8-11.9 104 42.2 34.9-49.9
Mecklenburg 152 47 29.2 22.1-37.5 26 15.5 10.3-22.7 13 8.1 4.6-14.0 4 1.8 0.7- 4.9 62 45.3 36.7-54.3
Orange 161 51 31.5 23.6-40.6 17 8.7 5.2-14.2 12 4.8 2.6- 8.7 8 8.3 2.8-21.6 73 46.8 37.0-56.8
Pitt 148 41 23.6 16.1-33.1 20 11.9 7.1-19.2 10 9.6 3.7-22.4 9 13.1 4.1-34.5 68 41.9 31.2-53.4
Robeson 214 51 24.0 18.0-31.1 16 6.3 3.7-10.3 10 4.2 2.1- 7.9 12 5.7 3.1-10.3 125 59.9 52.3-67.1
Wake 132 44 30.0 22.0-39.3 21 15.2 9.5-23.3 10 10.7 5.0-21.5 11 10.2 5.3-18.7 46 33.9 25.5-43.6
Western NC 342 98 26.7 21.8-32.2 37 11.1 7.9-15.2 20 6.0 3.7- 9.5 20 5.1 3.2- 8.0 167 51.2 45.2-57.2
Piedmont NC 403 110 26.4 21.6-31.8 39 8.3 5.8-11.8 32 6.0 3.9- 9.1 31 8.3 5.3-12.8 191 51.0 44.9-57.0
Eastern NC 355 96 28.5 23.3-34.2 46 14.1 10.3-19.0 23 5.9 3.8- 9.0 18 3.7 2.0- 6.6 172 47.9 41.9-53.9

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 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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