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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 206 51 24.6 18.4-32.1 24 11.8 7.4-18.4 13 6.9 3.6-13.0 12 3.9 1.9- 7.6 106 52.7 44.4-60.9
GENDER
Male 73 22 27.2 17.6-39.6 10 14.9 7.8-26.8 2 1.8 0.4- 7.7 1 1.9 0.3-12.0 38 54.2 41.2-66.7
Female 133 29 21.8 15.1-30.4 14 8.6 4.8-14.9 11 12.4 6.1-23.5 11 6.1 3.2-11.3 68 51.2 41.4-60.9
RACE
White 142 35 26.6 19.2-35.6 15 9.5 5.3-16.7 9 8.0 3.5-17.0 11 5.4 2.6-10.9 72 50.5 41.1-59.9
Other 62 15 20.6 11.0-35.4 9 16.5 7.8-31.7 3 3.8 1.2-11.6 1 1.0 0.1- 7.2 34 58.0 42.1-72.4
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 206 51 24.6 18.4-32.1 24 11.8 7.4-18.4 13 6.9 3.6-13.0 12 3.9 1.9- 7.6 106 52.7 44.4-60.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 126 29 22.4 15.0-32.1 17 14.7 8.5-24.4 7 4.1 1.9- 8.8 6 2.5 1.0- 5.9 67 56.3 45.5-66.5
Some College + 80 22 27.9 18.1-40.4 7 7.5 3.1-16.8 6 11.2 4.5-25.5 6 6.0 2.3-15.0 39 47.4 34.9-60.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 113 28 26.1 17.5-37.1 12 12.9 6.7-23.5 7 4.6 2.1- 9.8 7 3.2 1.4- 7.1 59 53.2 42.0-64.1
$50,000+ 35 11 30.0 16.4-48.3 3 7.6 2.0-25.2 3 14.8 4.2-40.9 3 7.6 1.9-25.8 15 40.0 23.6-59.1

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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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