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Total Respond.^ |
1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | > 5 years | Never | |||||||||||
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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 |
-Forsyth County | 227 | 54 | 26.0 | 19.8-33.2 | 34 | 14.9 | 10.3-21.0 | 34 | 16.4 | 11.6-22.6 | 14 | 5.5 | 3.0- 9.7 | 91 | 37.3 | 30.5-44.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 84 | 25 | 31.6 | 21.6-43.7 | 12 | 13.8 | 7.5-24.2 | 11 | 13.2 | 7.2-23.0 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.2- 9.4 | 32 | 37.8 | 27.2-49.7 |
Female | 143 | 29 | 20.6 | 14.2-28.7 | 22 | 15.9 | 10.2-23.9 | 23 | 19.4 | 12.8-28.2 | 10 | 7.4 | 3.6-14.5 | 59 | 36.8 | 28.8-45.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 183 | 42 | 25.3 | 18.6-33.5 | 31 | 16.3 | 11.0-23.3 | 27 | 16.1 | 10.9-23.1 | 13 | 6.1 | 3.3-11.0 | 70 | 36.3 | 28.8-44.5 |
Other | 42 | 12 | 30.7 | 17.5-48.2 | 3 | 9.1 | 2.7-26.3 | 5 | 12.7 | 4.9-29.0 | 1 | 2.8 | 0.4-17.6 | 21 | 44.7 | 29.4-61.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 0 | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . |
45+ | 227 | 54 | 26.0 | 19.8-33.2 | 34 | 14.9 | 10.3-21.0 | 34 | 16.4 | 11.6-22.6 | 14 | 5.5 | 3.0- 9.7 | 91 | 37.3 | 30.5-44.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 93 | 22 | 25.6 | 17.0-36.8 | 15 | 18.8 | 11.3-29.8 | 14 | 16.7 | 9.8-26.8 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.1 | 39 | 36.9 | 27.0-48.0 |
Some College + | 134 | 32 | 26.2 | 18.3-36.0 | 19 | 12.5 | 7.4-20.4 | 20 | 16.2 | 10.2-24.7 | 11 | 7.6 | 3.9-14.1 | 52 | 37.6 | 28.7-47.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 118 | 32 | 31.5 | 22.5-42.1 | 14 | 13.6 | 7.8-22.6 | 19 | 16.0 | 9.8-24.8 | 8 | 6.6 | 3.0-13.9 | 45 | 32.4 | 24.0-42.0 |
$50,000+ | 66 | 11 | 18.8 | 10.0-32.5 | 13 | 17.7 | 9.6-30.4 | 10 | 17.7 | 9.6-30.4 | 5 | 5.8 | 2.2-14.4 | 27 | 40.0 | 27.7-53.7 |
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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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