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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 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 249 80 31.2 25.2-37.8 32 14.2 9.8-20.3 21 7.6 4.7-12.1 18 5.9 3.5- 9.8 98 41.1 34.3-48.2
GENDER
Male 99 31 30.0 21.4-40.4 15 17.9 10.7-28.5 7 7.7 3.5-16.1 5 4.0 1.6- 9.7 41 40.3 30.5-51.0
Female 150 49 32.3 24.6-41.0 17 10.5 6.3-16.9 14 7.5 4.2-12.9 13 7.9 4.3-14.2 57 41.8 33.0-51.2
RACE
White 223 69 31.1 24.9-38.1 31 15.8 10.9-22.5 20 8.4 5.1-13.4 17 6.5 3.8-10.8 86 38.2 31.4-45.5
Other 26 11 31.4 15.4-53.7 1 2.3 0.3-15.2 1 1.8 0.2-11.9 1 1.8 0.2-11.9 12 62.7 40.6-80.5
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 249 80 31.2 25.2-37.8 32 14.2 9.8-20.3 21 7.6 4.7-12.1 18 5.9 3.5- 9.8 98 41.1 34.3-48.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 98 34 34.2 24.4-45.5 10 11.6 5.8-21.8 10 8.9 4.6-16.6 8 7.1 3.3-14.5 36 38.3 27.7-50.1
Some College + 150 45 28.8 21.6-37.1 22 15.9 10.1-24.1 11 6.9 3.5-13.3 10 5.3 2.6-10.5 62 43.1 34.5-52.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 123 36 28.5 20.4-38.2 14 11.8 6.6-20.2 10 8.2 4.1-15.8 11 6.2 3.3-11.4 52 45.3 35.5-55.5
$50,000+ 67 23 31.3 20.9-44.1 10 18.6 9.7-32.6 6 9.0 3.8-20.0 4 7.1 2.6-18.3 24 34.0 23.0-47.0

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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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