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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 221 34 14.7 9.9-21.2 44 20.4 14.9-27.3 32 14.4 9.9-20.3 13 4.3 2.2- 8.3 98 46.2 38.5-54.1
GENDER
Male 75 11 15.9 8.3-28.3 11 16.2 8.9-27.6 9 12.2 6.3-22.2 3 3.9 1.1-13.3 41 51.9 39.4-64.1
Female 146 23 13.6 8.8-20.5 33 24.3 17.0-33.5 23 16.4 10.6-24.5 10 4.7 2.4- 8.8 57 41.0 31.8-50.9
RACE
White 154 22 16.2 10.0-25.2 32 19.4 13.4-27.2 28 18.7 12.7-26.7 12 6.1 3.0-11.8 60 39.6 30.8-49.2
Other 66 11 11.0 5.8-19.9 12 22.7 12.6-37.5 4 5.3 1.9-14.2 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 38 60.5 46.4-73.0
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 221 34 14.7 9.9-21.2 44 20.4 14.9-27.3 32 14.4 9.9-20.3 13 4.3 2.2- 8.3 98 46.2 38.5-54.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 21 12.2 7.1-20.0 27 21.0 14.2-29.9 18 12.2 7.5-19.3 7 4.2 1.7-10.0 73 50.4 40.9-59.9
Some College + 74 13 20.6 11.5-34.1 17 19.3 11.4-30.9 14 19.4 11.1-31.9 6 4.6 1.9-10.7 24 36.0 24.0-50.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 133 17 9.3 5.5-15.4 25 16.7 10.7-25.1 16 13.8 8.3-22.0 10 6.0 2.8-12.4 65 54.2 44.2-63.8
$50,000+ 33 7 24.9 11.8-45.2 6 23.4 10.6-43.9 6 16.9 7.1-35.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.9 13 32.6 18.5-50.8

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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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