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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico Counties

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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

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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 7,314 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 196 48 26.3 19.9-33.9 24 10.4 6.9-15.6 26 13.4 8.7-20.0 12 4.5 2.4- 8.5 86 45.4 37.6-53.4
GENDER
Male 72 24 34.2 23.4-46.9 8 9.0 4.4-17.8 6 9.5 3.8-21.6 2 1.9 0.4- 9.4 32 45.4 33.3-58.2
Female 124 24 19.3 12.8-28.0 16 11.7 7.0-18.8 20 16.9 10.7-25.6 10 6.8 3.4-13.2 54 45.3 35.7-55.3
RACE
White 164 36 25.9 18.9-34.3 21 10.5 6.7-16.2 24 14.5 9.3-21.9 12 5.3 2.8- 9.9 71 43.8 35.5-52.6
Other 30 11 27.8 14.6-46.5 3 10.6 3.4-29.0 2 7.7 1.6-29.6 0 0.0 . - . 14 53.8 33.8-72.7
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 196 48 26.3 19.9-33.9 24 10.4 6.9-15.6 26 13.4 8.7-20.0 12 4.5 2.4- 8.5 86 45.4 37.6-53.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 82 24 28.9 19.1-41.2 13 12.5 6.9-21.3 9 10.8 5.3-21.0 3 2.5 0.8- 8.1 33 45.3 33.0-58.1
Some College + 114 24 24.5 16.6-34.6 11 9.1 4.9-16.1 17 15.1 8.8-24.5 9 5.9 2.7-12.1 53 45.4 35.6-55.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 101 29 31.8 22.4-42.9 10 8.6 4.4-16.0 14 12.8 7.3-21.3 5 3.4 1.2- 9.3 43 43.5 32.9-54.7
$50,000+ 49 11 24.3 13.4-39.8 5 9.6 4.0-21.6 7 16.0 7.0-32.7 4 4.4 1.4-12.5 22 45.7 31.3-60.9

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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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