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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 180 30 18.3 12.7-25.6 26 14.2 9.5-20.7 29 14.9 9.6-22.6 7 3.6 1.6- 8.2 88 48.9 40.7-57.2
GENDER
Male 60 12 19.5 11.2-31.9 11 17.1 9.3-29.3 7 14.9 6.4-31.1 2 3.6 0.9-13.4 28 44.9 31.8-58.7
Female 120 18 17.3 10.7-26.8 15 11.8 6.9-19.4 22 15.0 9.6-22.6 5 3.7 1.3- 9.8 60 52.2 42.3-62.0
RACE
White 154 24 16.9 11.2-24.6 22 14.8 9.6-22.2 28 17.2 11.0-25.9 6 3.2 1.3- 7.7 74 47.9 39.1-56.9
Other 23 5 27.7 11.6-52.8 4 12.0 4.1-30.4 1 1.4 0.2- 9.7 1 7.4 1.0-37.4 12 51.5 29.6-72.8
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 180 30 18.3 12.7-25.6 26 14.2 9.5-20.7 29 14.9 9.6-22.6 7 3.6 1.6- 8.2 88 48.9 40.7-57.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 22 20.1 13.0-29.6 10 7.2 3.7-13.6 23 18.6 11.2-29.4 4 2.6 0.8- 7.7 59 51.6 41.1-61.9
Some College + 62 8 15.2 7.6-28.0 16 26.8 16.4-40.5 6 8.3 3.6-18.2 3 5.6 1.7-17.2 29 44.1 31.3-57.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 105 17 19.3 11.9-29.7 13 12.6 7.1-21.3 16 12.1 6.9-20.3 4 2.0 0.7- 5.2 55 54.1 43.4-64.5
$50,000+ 25 2 7.8 1.8-28.4 7 29.0 13.7-51.3 4 12.1 4.4-29.2 3 15.1 5.0-37.7 9 35.9 19.0-57.2

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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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