BRFSS 2004 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	217	32	15.5	10.7-21.7	32	14.4	10.0-20.3	33	16.7	11.4-23.9	18	9.4	5.7-15.0	102	44.1	36.8-51.6
GENDER
Male	59	10	17.9	9.8-30.7	9	13.1	6.5-24.7	8	18.7	9.1-34.8	6	12.3	5.4-25.4	26	37.9	26.0-51.5
Female	158	22	14.0	8.9-21.4	23	15.1	9.8-22.5	25	15.5	10.2-23.0	12	7.7	4.2-13.5	76	47.7	39.0-56.5
RACE
White	179	25	13.9	9.2-20.4	27	14.9	10.0-21.7	29	18.5	12.3-26.8	16	9.3	5.5-15.3	82	43.4	35.4-51.8
Other	37	7	22.6	10.3-42.6	5	12.3	4.8-28.0	3	7.3	2.1-22.4	2	10.0	2.5-32.3	20	47.8	30.8-65.3
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	217	32	15.5	10.7-21.7	32	14.4	10.0-20.3	33	16.7	11.4-23.9	18	9.4	5.7-15.0	102	44.1	36.8-51.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	118	19	17.4	10.8-27.0	20	17.4	11.0-26.5	15	11.8	6.7-19.9	10	10.2	5.2-18.8	54	43.1	33.4-53.5
Some College +	98	13	13.3	7.6-22.3	12	10.9	5.9-19.4	18	22.5	13.5-35.0	8	8.5	4.0-17.4	47	44.7	34.1-55.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	135	19	14.6	8.9-23.1	20	13.5	8.4-20.9	19	13.7	8.4-21.7	12	10.1	5.4-18.2	65	48.0	38.5-57.6
$50,000+	33	7	21.1	9.9-39.6	5	14.3	5.7-31.6	5	23.2	8.5-49.5	4	11.0	4.0-27.1	12	30.3	16.5-48.8

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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
-Alamance County	217	32	15.5	10.7-21.7	32	14.4	10.0-20.3	33	16.7	11.4-23.9	18	9.4	5.7-15.0	102	44.1	36.8-51.6
GENDER
Male	59	10	17.9	9.8-30.7	9	13.1	6.5-24.7	8	18.7	9.1-34.8	6	12.3	5.4-25.4	26	37.9	26.0-51.5
Female	158	22	14.0	8.9-21.4	23	15.1	9.8-22.5	25	15.5	10.2-23.0	12	7.7	4.2-13.5	76	47.7	39.0-56.5
RACE
White	179	25	13.9	9.2-20.4	27	14.9	10.0-21.7	29	18.5	12.3-26.8	16	9.3	5.5-15.3	82	43.4	35.4-51.8
Other	37	7	22.6	10.3-42.6	5	12.3	4.8-28.0	3	7.3	2.1-22.4	2	10.0	2.5-32.3	20	47.8	30.8-65.3
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	217	32	15.5	10.7-21.7	32	14.4	10.0-20.3	33	16.7	11.4-23.9	18	9.4	5.7-15.0	102	44.1	36.8-51.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	118	19	17.4	10.8-27.0	20	17.4	11.0-26.5	15	11.8	6.7-19.9	10	10.2	5.2-18.8	54	43.1	33.4-53.5
Some College +	98	13	13.3	7.6-22.3	12	10.9	5.9-19.4	18	22.5	13.5-35.0	8	8.5	4.0-17.4	47	44.7	34.1-55.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	135	19	14.6	8.9-23.1	20	13.5	8.4-20.9	19	13.7	8.4-21.7	12	10.1	5.4-18.2	65	48.0	38.5-57.6
$50,000+	33	7	21.1	9.9-39.6	5	14.3	5.7-31.6	5	23.2	8.5-49.5	4	11.0	4.0-27.1	12	30.3	16.5-48.8

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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