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1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | > 5 years | Never | |||||||||||
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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 |
-Buncombe County | 195 | 44 | 21.3 | 15.8-28.1 | 27 | 11.9 | 7.9-17.5 | 34 | 18.6 | 13.2-25.7 | 12 | 6.0 | 3.2-11.0 | 78 | 42.2 | 34.5-50.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 75 | 20 | 23.0 | 14.7-34.1 | 10 | 10.9 | 5.7-20.0 | 12 | 19.6 | 11.4-31.6 | 5 | 6.9 | 2.7-16.6 | 28 | 39.6 | 28.2-52.2 |
Female | 120 | 24 | 19.8 | 13.1-28.7 | 17 | 12.7 | 7.5-20.8 | 22 | 17.8 | 11.4-26.7 | 7 | 5.2 | 2.3-11.4 | 50 | 44.5 | 34.6-54.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 179 | 42 | 22.7 | 16.7-30.1 | 24 | 11.1 | 7.2-16.7 | 34 | 21.0 | 14.9-28.7 | 12 | 6.8 | 3.6-12.3 | 67 | 38.5 | 30.7-46.9 |
Other | 15 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.5-22.7 | 3 | 19.5 | 5.7-49.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 11 | 76.8 | 48.4-92.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 0 | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . |
45+ | 195 | 44 | 21.3 | 15.8-28.1 | 27 | 11.9 | 7.9-17.5 | 34 | 18.6 | 13.2-25.7 | 12 | 6.0 | 3.2-11.0 | 78 | 42.2 | 34.5-50.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 78 | 14 | 17.7 | 10.4-28.4 | 10 | 11.1 | 5.5-21.3 | 8 | 11.0 | 5.1-22.1 | 6 | 9.1 | 3.8-20.3 | 40 | 51.1 | 38.8-63.3 |
Some College + | 117 | 30 | 23.6 | 16.3-32.9 | 17 | 12.4 | 7.4-19.9 | 26 | 23.6 | 16.0-33.3 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.7- 9.3 | 38 | 36.4 | 26.9-47.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 104 | 19 | 16.8 | 10.5-25.9 | 16 | 13.2 | 7.7-21.8 | 15 | 15.0 | 8.6-24.8 | 8 | 8.9 | 4.2-17.9 | 46 | 46.1 | 35.4-57.1 |
$50,000+ | 44 | 14 | 30.4 | 17.7-47.0 | 3 | 7.3 | 2.2-21.9 | 11 | 26.5 | 14.7-42.8 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.3-13.3 | 13 | 31.6 | 18.4-48.6 |
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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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