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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 202 40 19.1 13.9-25.6 23 9.7 6.2-14.9 17 6.8 4.1-11.2 12 6.7 3.6-12.2 110 57.6 49.9-64.9
GENDER
Male 56 11 17.1 9.4-29.0 8 11.4 5.6-21.9 2 3.7 0.9-13.6 4 8.8 3.3-21.5 31 59.1 45.3-71.5
Female 146 29 20.4 14.2-28.6 15 8.6 4.8-14.9 15 8.9 5.2-14.9 8 5.4 2.5-11.0 79 56.6 47.7-65.2
RACE
White 140 33 23.8 16.9-32.3 18 11.2 6.7-18.2 14 7.8 4.4-13.5 7 6.5 2.9-14.1 68 50.6 41.4-59.8
Other 62 7 9.6 4.2-20.4 5 6.7 2.6-16.2 3 4.7 1.4-14.7 5 7.1 2.8-17.1 42 71.9 58.7-82.1
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 202 40 19.1 13.9-25.6 23 9.7 6.2-14.9 17 6.8 4.1-11.2 12 6.7 3.6-12.2 110 57.6 49.9-64.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 119 20 17.2 11.0-25.9 10 8.0 4.0-15.4 11 7.9 4.1-14.5 9 7.8 3.8-15.4 69 59.1 49.1-68.4
Some College + 83 20 22.0 13.9-33.0 13 12.5 7.0-21.4 6 5.2 2.2-11.8 3 5.0 1.4-16.2 41 55.3 43.2-66.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 117 24 20.2 13.4-29.3 16 13.0 7.6-21.3 9 5.9 2.8-12.0 6 5.7 2.3-13.5 62 55.2 44.9-65.0
$50,000+ 31 8 26.0 12.9-45.5 2 5.2 1.3-18.9 2 5.9 1.5-20.9 2 10.1 2.5-33.1 17 52.9 34.4-70.6

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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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