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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties

Colorectal Cancer Screening

A blood stool test is a test that may use a special kit at home to determine whether the stool contains blood. Have you ever had this test using a home kit?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,409 4,146 55.6 54.1-57.0 3,263 44.4 43.0-45.9
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 180 106 59.2 50.8-67.0 74 40.8 33.0-49.2
GENDER
Male 61 33 56.1 42.4-68.9 28 43.9 31.1-57.6
Female 119 73 61.7 51.6-70.9 46 38.3 29.1-48.4
RACE
White 155 91 58.7 49.7-67.2 64 41.3 32.8-50.3
Other 22 13 63.3 39.6-82.0 9 36.7 18.0-60.4
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 180 106 59.2 50.8-67.0 74 40.8 33.0-49.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 117 66 56.4 45.8-66.4 51 43.6 33.6-54.2
Some College + 63 40 64.2 50.4-75.9 23 35.8 24.1-49.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 104 61 58.7 47.7-68.8 43 41.3 31.2-52.3
$50,000+ 25 15 61.3 40.2-78.9 10 38.7 21.1-59.8

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being age 50 and older.

^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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