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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 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 199 54 27.0 20.7-34.5 30 17.2 11.9-24.1 16 6.9 4.1-11.4 6 3.9 1.7- 8.9 93 45.0 37.4-52.8
GENDER
Male 55 16 27.8 16.9-42.1 7 12.9 6.1-25.3 4 6.5 2.4-16.6 2 3.5 0.9-12.9 26 49.3 35.7-63.0
Female 144 38 26.5 19.4-35.0 23 20.0 13.2-29.0 12 7.1 3.9-12.6 4 4.3 1.5-11.6 67 42.1 33.7-51.0
RACE
White 138 41 28.6 21.1-37.4 22 19.2 12.6-28.2 11 7.0 3.7-12.8 5 4.7 1.9-11.5 59 40.5 31.8-49.9
Other 61 13 23.8 13.3-38.9 8 12.9 6.1-25.4 5 6.8 2.6-16.4 1 2.3 0.3-14.7 34 54.1 40.1-67.6
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 199 54 27.0 20.7-34.5 30 17.2 11.9-24.1 16 6.9 4.1-11.4 6 3.9 1.7- 8.9 93 45.0 37.4-52.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 117 31 25.7 18.0-35.2 13 11.1 6.2-19.0 7 6.2 2.9-13.1 4 4.8 1.7-12.6 62 52.3 42.3-62.1
Some College + 82 23 29.1 19.1-41.7 17 26.4 16.6-39.3 9 7.9 4.0-15.2 2 2.7 0.7-10.3 31 33.9 23.5-46.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 114 34 30.9 22.0-41.6 15 15.0 8.9-24.2 8 5.6 2.5-11.8 3 4.3 1.3-13.0 54 44.2 34.2-54.7
$50,000+ 31 11 35.5 20.3-54.4 3 7.4 2.0-24.1 2 5.9 1.5-20.9 2 6.3 1.6-22.4 13 44.9 27.4-63.8

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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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