BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	228	42	18.6	13.6-24.9	35	16.7	11.7-23.2	32	12.3	8.5-17.5	15	6.3	3.6-10.8	104	46.2	39.0-53.5
GENDER
Male	88	20	22.4	14.5-33.0	15	19.7	11.9-30.9	11	10.7	5.8-19.1	2	3.0	0.7-11.4	40	44.2	33.4-55.5
Female	140	22	14.6	9.4-22.0	20	13.5	8.4-20.9	21	13.8	8.8-21.1	13	9.8	5.5-16.9	64	48.2	39.2-57.4
RACE
White	186	31	17.1	11.9-24.0	32	18.2	12.6-25.6	30	14.3	9.8-20.5	14	7.6	4.3-13.0	79	42.8	35.0-50.9
Other	41	10	23.9	12.2-41.4	3	10.0	2.9-29.3	2	3.1	0.7-12.0	1	0.6	0.1- 4.2	25	62.5	44.6-77.4
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	228	42	18.6	13.6-24.9	35	16.7	11.7-23.2	32	12.3	8.5-17.5	15	6.3	3.6-10.8	104	46.2	39.0-53.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	121	22	18.1	11.6-27.0	15	14.4	8.5-23.4	15	11.1	6.5-18.1	7	5.4	2.4-11.8	62	51.0	41.1-60.8
Some College +	107	20	19.1	12.1-28.9	20	19.2	11.9-29.6	17	13.6	8.0-22.2	8	7.3	3.4-15.1	42	40.7	30.7-51.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	125	21	18.2	11.7-27.1	20	17.7	11.0-27.0	16	11.1	6.6-18.0	9	6.3	3.0-12.9	59	46.8	37.1-56.7
$50,000+	43	8	16.0	7.7-30.3	8	21.4	10.2-39.5	8	15.5	6.9-31.4	2	5.2	1.3-19.1	17	41.9	26.8-58.6

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	228	42	18.6	13.6-24.9	35	16.7	11.7-23.2	32	12.3	8.5-17.5	15	6.3	3.6-10.8	104	46.2	39.0-53.5
GENDER
Male	88	20	22.4	14.5-33.0	15	19.7	11.9-30.9	11	10.7	5.8-19.1	2	3.0	0.7-11.4	40	44.2	33.4-55.5
Female	140	22	14.6	9.4-22.0	20	13.5	8.4-20.9	21	13.8	8.8-21.1	13	9.8	5.5-16.9	64	48.2	39.2-57.4
RACE
White	186	31	17.1	11.9-24.0	32	18.2	12.6-25.6	30	14.3	9.8-20.5	14	7.6	4.3-13.0	79	42.8	35.0-50.9
Other	41	10	23.9	12.2-41.4	3	10.0	2.9-29.3	2	3.1	0.7-12.0	1	0.6	0.1- 4.2	25	62.5	44.6-77.4
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	228	42	18.6	13.6-24.9	35	16.7	11.7-23.2	32	12.3	8.5-17.5	15	6.3	3.6-10.8	104	46.2	39.0-53.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	121	22	18.1	11.6-27.0	15	14.4	8.5-23.4	15	11.1	6.5-18.1	7	5.4	2.4-11.8	62	51.0	41.1-60.8
Some College +	107	20	19.1	12.1-28.9	20	19.2	11.9-29.6	17	13.6	8.0-22.2	8	7.3	3.4-15.1	42	40.7	30.7-51.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	125	21	18.2	11.7-27.1	20	17.7	11.0-27.0	16	11.1	6.6-18.0	9	6.3	3.0-12.9	59	46.8	37.1-56.7
$50,000+	43	8	16.0	7.7-30.3	8	21.4	10.2-39.5	8	15.5	6.9-31.4	2	5.2	1.3-19.1	17	41.9	26.8-58.6

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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