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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 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 204 62 28.9 22.2-36.8 20 10.3 6.3-16.6 16 7.6 4.3-13.2 16 6.1 3.6-10.3 90 47.0 38.8-55.4
GENDER
Male 74 23 28.8 18.8-41.4 8 12.2 5.9-23.5 4 6.6 2.4-17.3 3 3.4 1.1-10.2 36 49.0 36.2-61.9
Female 130 39 29.1 21.0-38.8 12 8.3 4.5-14.9 12 8.6 4.6-15.6 13 9.1 5.1-15.9 54 44.8 35.1-55.0
RACE
White 141 44 31.4 23.3-40.8 13 9.2 5.0-16.4 10 6.8 3.4-13.2 10 6.6 3.4-12.4 64 46.0 36.8-55.5
Other 61 17 24.1 13.5-39.2 6 11.5 4.5-26.3 6 9.3 3.4-22.9 6 5.4 2.2-12.4 26 49.8 34.0-65.6
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 204 62 28.9 22.2-36.8 20 10.3 6.3-16.6 16 7.6 4.3-13.2 16 6.1 3.6-10.3 90 47.0 38.8-55.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 38 27.5 19.3-37.6 13 11.0 5.8-19.9 11 8.9 4.3-17.4 8 4.5 2.0- 9.5 54 48.2 37.4-59.1
Some College + 80 24 31.1 20.4-44.1 7 9.4 4.1-20.1 5 5.7 2.2-14.1 8 8.6 4.1-17.1 36 45.3 32.9-58.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 112 33 27.5 18.9-38.1 11 11.1 5.5-21.1 13 10.6 5.7-18.7 6 3.7 1.5- 8.5 49 47.2 36.2-58.5
$50,000+ 35 12 33.7 18.8-52.6 2 7.1 1.6-26.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 3 6.7 2.0-20.4 17 51.4 32.9-69.4

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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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