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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 blood stool test using a home kit?*

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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 7,277 2,068 29.0 27.7-30.3 847 11.8 10.9-12.7 571 7.6 6.9- 8.4 528 6.5 5.9- 7.3 3,263 45.1 43.7-46.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 196 50 24.2 17.8-32.1 22 11.7 7.4-18.0 16 7.4 4.3-12.4 15 6.9 3.8-12.3 93 49.8 40.4-59.1
GENDER
Male 70 17 21.5 12.5-34.6 9 12.3 6.2-23.0 3 4.3 1.3-13.0 4 5.3 1.6-16.0 37 56.6 41.3-70.7
Female 126 33 27.1 19.4-36.4 13 11.0 6.0-19.3 13 10.5 5.9-18.0 11 8.7 4.7-15.5 56 42.8 33.5-52.5
RACE
White 191 49 26.0 19.5-33.7 22 13.1 8.4-19.7 16 8.2 4.8-13.6 15 7.7 4.3-13.5 89 45.0 37.2-53.1
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 50 24.2 17.8-32.1 22 11.7 7.4-18.0 16 7.4 4.3-12.4 15 6.9 3.8-12.3 93 49.8 40.4-59.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 34 24.9 16.7-35.3 13 11.1 6.0-19.5 7 4.7 2.1-10.3 7 5.9 2.4-13.6 62 53.4 41.2-65.3
Some College + 73 16 23.0 14.1-35.2 9 12.9 6.6-23.8 9 12.8 6.3-24.2 8 9.0 4.3-18.0 31 42.3 30.6-55.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 119 33 23.2 15.6-33.1 11 10.5 5.6-18.9 7 5.5 2.5-11.7 11 8.1 4.0-15.9 57 52.6 40.3-64.6
$50,000+ 35 11 31.1 17.7-48.7 6 19.8 8.8-38.8 4 12.7 4.4-31.6 1 2.4 0.3-15.6 13 34.0 19.7-51.8

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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 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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