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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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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  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 7,277 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 224 50 22.7 17.1-29.5 22 8.9 5.5-13.9 17 7.1 4.3-11.6 20 7.6 4.6-12.1 115 53.7 46.4-60.9
GENDER
Male 89 19 22.4 14.3-33.3 6 7.9 3.5-17.2 7 7.0 3.1-14.9 5 6.0 2.4-14.2 52 56.6 45.3-67.2
Female 135 31 23.0 16.1-31.8 16 9.9 5.9-16.2 10 7.2 3.8-13.2 15 9.2 5.3-15.4 63 50.7 41.5-59.9
RACE
White 181 41 21.8 15.9-29.2 14 7.3 4.1-12.7 13 6.0 3.4-10.5 17 8.2 4.8-13.7 96 56.6 48.5-64.4
Other 42 9 27.0 14.0-45.6 8 15.9 6.9-32.4 4 11.9 4.2-29.5 3 4.8 1.5-14.2 18 40.5 25.4-57.6
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 224 50 22.7 17.1-29.5 22 8.9 5.5-13.9 17 7.1 4.3-11.6 20 7.6 4.6-12.1 115 53.7 46.4-60.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 117 20 18.3 11.5-27.8 11 7.7 3.8-14.7 10 8.3 4.2-15.7 10 7.7 3.9-14.8 66 58.0 47.8-67.6
Some College + 107 30 27.6 19.1-38.0 11 10.2 5.3-18.7 7 5.8 2.7-12.2 10 7.4 3.7-14.3 49 49.0 38.6-59.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 125 25 21.1 13.9-30.5 12 8.8 4.6-16.0 9 7.3 3.6-14.3 13 9.7 5.4-17.0 66 53.1 43.2-62.8
$50,000+ 41 12 28.5 15.9-45.8 4 10.7 3.6-27.8 2 5.1 1.2-19.4 4 8.0 2.7-21.4 19 47.6 31.7-64.1

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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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