BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties: (How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?*)

	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-5 years	> 5 years	Never
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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	203	41	19.6	14.2-26.4	29	12.7	8.6-18.3	23	10.8	6.9-16.5	13	5.9	3.3-10.4	97	51.0	43.3-58.7
GENDER
Male	72	16	22.3	13.5-34.5	12	13.0	7.1-22.7	8	8.9	4.0-18.8	3	4.4	1.3-13.2	33	51.3	38.6-63.9
Female	131	25	17.4	11.6-25.4	17	12.4	7.5-19.8	15	12.2	7.1-20.3	10	7.2	3.7-13.5	64	50.8	41.4-60.0
RACE
White	182	37	20.5	14.7-27.9	25	12.6	8.4-18.6	21	10.6	6.6-16.6	12	6.0	3.2-10.8	87	50.3	42.2-58.4
Other	21	4	11.2	3.7-28.9	4	13.5	4.4-34.3	2	12.4	2.9-40.4	1	5.6	0.8-31.1	10	57.3	34.0-77.8
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	203	41	19.6	14.2-26.4	29	12.7	8.6-18.3	23	10.8	6.9-16.5	13	5.9	3.3-10.4	97	51.0	43.3-58.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	117	22	19.1	12.4-28.1	17	12.8	7.8-20.4	10	7.0	3.5-13.6	10	7.8	3.9-14.9	58	53.3	43.1-63.3
Some College +	86	19	20.3	12.4-31.5	12	12.6	6.8-22.0	13	15.7	8.7-26.7	3	3.5	1.1-10.4	39	48.0	36.5-59.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	127	26	20.7	13.8-29.7	20	13.4	8.3-20.7	11	7.4	3.9-13.6	10	7.3	3.8-13.8	60	51.3	41.5-61.0
$50,000+	32	5	10.9	4.0-26.0	3	7.6	2.4-21.6	6	18.8	8.2-37.4	1	2.1	0.3-13.8	17	60.7	42.3-76.5

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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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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months			1-2 years			2-5 years			> 5 years			Never
	Total Respond.^	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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	203	41	19.6	14.2-26.4	29	12.7	8.6-18.3	23	10.8	6.9-16.5	13	5.9	3.3-10.4	97	51.0	43.3-58.7
GENDER
Male	72	16	22.3	13.5-34.5	12	13.0	7.1-22.7	8	8.9	4.0-18.8	3	4.4	1.3-13.2	33	51.3	38.6-63.9
Female	131	25	17.4	11.6-25.4	17	12.4	7.5-19.8	15	12.2	7.1-20.3	10	7.2	3.7-13.5	64	50.8	41.4-60.0
RACE
White	182	37	20.5	14.7-27.9	25	12.6	8.4-18.6	21	10.6	6.6-16.6	12	6.0	3.2-10.8	87	50.3	42.2-58.4
Other	21	4	11.2	3.7-28.9	4	13.5	4.4-34.3	2	12.4	2.9-40.4	1	5.6	0.8-31.1	10	57.3	34.0-77.8
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	203	41	19.6	14.2-26.4	29	12.7	8.6-18.3	23	10.8	6.9-16.5	13	5.9	3.3-10.4	97	51.0	43.3-58.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	117	22	19.1	12.4-28.1	17	12.8	7.8-20.4	10	7.0	3.5-13.6	10	7.8	3.9-14.9	58	53.3	43.1-63.3
Some College +	86	19	20.3	12.4-31.5	12	12.6	6.8-22.0	13	15.7	8.7-26.7	3	3.5	1.1-10.4	39	48.0	36.5-59.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	127	26	20.7	13.8-29.7	20	13.4	8.3-20.7	11	7.4	3.9-13.6	10	7.3	3.8-13.8	60	51.3	41.5-61.0
$50,000+	32	5	10.9	4.0-26.0	3	7.6	2.4-21.6	6	18.8	8.2-37.4	1	2.1	0.3-13.8	17	60.7	42.3-76.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties

Colorectal Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?*