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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 164 65 40.3 32.2-48.9 22 11.7 7.5-17.8 8 3.1 1.5- 6.4 16 9.3 5.2-15.9 53 35.7 27.6-44.6
GENDER
Male 58 23 36.8 24.8-50.7 6 7.9 3.4-17.3 3 3.0 0.9- 9.9 5 11.2 4.5-25.3 21 41.0 27.8-55.6
Female 106 42 43.1 32.9-53.9 16 14.8 8.8-23.9 5 3.2 1.3- 7.6 11 7.6 4.1-13.8 32 31.3 22.2-42.0
RACE
White 104 42 43.1 32.9-53.8 17 14.9 9.1-23.5 5 2.6 1.0- 6.3 13 13.3 7.2-23.4 27 26.1 17.5-37.1
Other 58 22 35.6 23.2-50.3 5 6.7 2.5-17.0 3 4.0 1.2-12.2 3 3.0 0.9- 9.3 25 50.7 36.4-64.9
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 164 65 40.3 32.2-48.9 22 11.7 7.5-17.8 8 3.1 1.5- 6.4 16 9.3 5.2-15.9 53 35.7 27.6-44.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 18 31.9 19.5-47.5 5 10.7 4.4-24.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 5 6.8 2.5-17.0 22 49.6 34.3-65.0
Some College + 113 47 44.5 34.7-54.9 17 12.2 7.3-19.6 7 4.2 1.9- 9.0 11 10.5 5.3-19.8 31 28.6 20.1-38.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 72 25 36.4 24.6-50.1 11 12.8 6.6-23.3 6 5.1 2.2-11.4 5 5.7 2.1-14.2 25 40.0 27.5-54.1
$50,000+ 51 23 46.0 31.8-60.8 5 7.5 3.0-17.3 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 7 15.0 6.5-30.9 15 29.6 17.7-45.0

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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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