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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 164 30 19.2 13.3-26.9 34 19.8 13.9-27.5 27 15.6 10.3-23.0 7 3.5 1.5- 7.7 66 41.9 33.7-50.6
GENDER
Male 56 11 19.1 10.4-32.5 10 16.3 8.5-29.1 9 17.2 8.6-31.5 2 3.6 0.9-13.6 24 43.8 30.4-58.0
Female 108 19 19.2 12.1-29.3 24 22.5 14.8-32.8 18 14.4 8.8-22.7 5 3.4 1.3- 8.2 42 40.5 30.7-51.1
RACE
White 106 17 16.3 10.1-25.3 22 18.7 12.1-27.7 21 20.5 12.9-31.0 6 5.1 2.1-11.7 40 39.3 29.6-50.0
Other 56 12 23.3 12.8-38.7 12 21.9 11.8-37.1 6 7.9 3.3-17.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 25 46.0 31.9-60.8
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 164 30 19.2 13.3-26.9 34 19.8 13.9-27.5 27 15.6 10.3-23.0 7 3.5 1.5- 7.7 66 41.9 33.7-50.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 5 7.5 3.0-17.7 7 17.4 7.8-34.5 6 10.5 4.4-23.3 2 3.0 0.7-11.8 31 61.6 45.8-75.2
Some College + 113 25 24.8 16.7-35.0 27 20.9 14.1-29.9 21 18.1 11.2-27.8 5 3.7 1.4- 9.5 35 32.5 23.6-42.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 71 10 17.4 9.1-30.7 11 15.7 8.1-28.2 12 13.5 7.2-24.0 4 3.9 1.4-10.7 34 49.4 36.5-62.4
$50,000+ 51 12 22.7 12.6-37.4 13 22.0 12.4-35.9 8 16.2 7.4-32.1 2 4.5 1.1-16.6 16 34.6 21.9-50.0

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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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