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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 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 220 41 16.6 11.8-22.8 12 4.0 2.2- 7.3 13 4.7 2.5- 8.4 27 12.9 8.5-19.2 127 61.8 54.2-68.9
GENDER
Male 77 11 11.5 6.0-20.6 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 2 3.0 0.8-11.3 8 12.9 6.4-24.2 54 71.2 59.2-80.8
Female 143 30 21.5 14.5-30.7 10 6.5 3.3-12.2 11 6.3 3.4-11.3 19 13.0 7.9-20.6 73 52.7 43.1-62.1
RACE
White 155 28 15.1 10.1-22.0 8 3.3 1.6- 6.9 8 4.9 2.3-10.3 25 16.8 10.9-24.8 86 59.9 50.8-68.3
Other 64 12 19.4 10.2-33.6 4 5.6 2.0-14.5 5 4.1 1.6- 9.8 2 4.6 0.9-20.2 41 66.4 51.9-78.3
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 220 41 16.6 11.8-22.8 12 4.0 2.2- 7.3 13 4.7 2.5- 8.4 27 12.9 8.5-19.2 127 61.8 54.2-68.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 24 15.6 10.0-23.6 8 4.2 2.0- 8.6 6 3.5 1.4- 8.1 18 12.0 7.1-19.5 91 64.8 55.5-73.1
Some College + 72 16 17.8 10.3-29.0 4 3.8 1.4- 9.9 7 7.5 3.2-16.5 9 15.3 7.5-28.9 36 55.6 42.2-68.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 130 28 19.5 12.9-28.4 8 4.4 2.1- 9.1 8 4.6 2.1- 9.8 14 9.3 4.9-16.8 72 62.2 52.3-71.1
$50,000+ 34 3 6.6 1.8-21.7 2 3.4 0.8-13.1 2 6.1 1.4-22.5 7 25.0 12.1-44.7 20 58.9 40.4-75.2

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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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