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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

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 7,314 1,432 20.0 18.9-21.2 1,009 14.4 13.4-15.5 1,095 14.9 14.0-16.0 446 5.4 4.8- 6.0 3,332 45.3 43.8-46.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 196 33 16.8 11.4-24.1 24 11.1 7.1-17.1 31 12.4 8.5-17.9 11 6.3 3.1-12.2 97 53.4 44.1-62.3
GENDER
Male 69 16 20.8 11.9-33.9 7 8.7 3.8-18.7 9 8.9 4.3-17.7 5 8.8 3.4-20.7 32 52.8 37.3-67.8
Female 127 17 12.7 7.5-20.8 17 13.6 8.2-21.7 22 16.0 10.5-23.7 6 3.7 1.6- 8.5 65 53.9 44.3-63.2
RACE
White 191 32 17.7 12.1-25.1 24 12.4 8.0-18.7 31 13.9 9.6-19.7 11 7.0 3.5-13.5 93 49.0 41.1-57.0
Other 5 1 9.4 1.0-51.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 90.6 48.3-99.0
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 196 33 16.8 11.4-24.1 24 11.1 7.1-17.1 31 12.4 8.5-17.9 11 6.3 3.1-12.2 97 53.4 44.1-62.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 16 13.1 7.3-22.5 15 9.4 5.2-16.3 14 8.5 4.7-14.8 7 7.0 2.9-15.9 70 62.0 50.2-72.5
Some College + 74 17 24.2 14.8-36.9 9 14.6 7.3-27.2 17 20.5 12.6-31.5 4 4.8 1.7-12.9 27 35.9 25.2-48.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 119 21 15.2 9.3-23.8 13 9.2 5.0-16.4 18 11.5 6.8-18.7 6 5.2 1.9-13.3 61 59.0 47.1-69.9
$50,000+ 35 7 23.4 11.3-42.4 3 7.3 2.3-20.7 9 20.8 10.6-36.9 1 2.4 0.3-15.6 15 46.0 29.5-63.4

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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 percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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