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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 254 65 27.7 21.9-34.5 33 12.6 8.8-17.7 38 14.3 10.0-19.9 24 9.0 5.9-13.7 94 36.4 30.0-43.3
GENDER
Male 103 33 33.8 24.6-44.3 14 14.1 8.4-22.7 13 11.3 6.2-19.7 10 7.7 4.0-14.4 33 33.2 24.1-43.6
Female 151 32 21.4 15.1-29.5 19 11.0 6.8-17.2 25 17.4 11.2-25.9 14 10.5 5.9-17.9 61 39.8 31.3-48.9
RACE
White 225 57 29.1 22.8-36.4 30 13.2 9.1-18.8 36 14.7 10.3-20.5 22 9.2 5.8-14.1 80 33.8 27.4-41.0
Other 29 8 18.4 8.3-36.2 3 8.3 2.3-25.4 2 11.3 2.1-42.6 2 8.3 2.0-28.4 14 53.7 32.6-73.6
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 254 65 27.7 21.9-34.5 33 12.6 8.8-17.7 38 14.3 10.0-19.9 24 9.0 5.9-13.7 94 36.4 30.0-43.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 101 22 21.0 13.5-31.2 12 11.4 6.1-20.4 12 15.8 8.6-27.4 6 4.6 2.0-10.3 49 47.1 36.2-58.3
Some College + 152 43 32.0 24.2-41.0 21 13.4 8.6-20.2 26 13.5 8.8-20.0 18 11.8 7.2-18.7 44 29.4 21.9-38.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 127 27 22.8 15.4-32.4 17 13.3 7.9-21.4 12 8.6 4.6-15.4 13 9.9 5.4-17.5 58 45.4 35.8-55.4
$50,000+ 68 24 38.1 26.4-51.4 8 11.3 5.6-21.5 12 14.5 7.7-25.5 6 8.7 3.7-19.1 18 27.4 17.1-40.8

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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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