BRFSS 2004 - Gaston County: (How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?*)

	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-5 years	> 5 years	Never
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
-Gaston County	191	37	18.7	13.3-25.6	23	13.0	8.2-20.1	28	12.8	8.5-18.8	15	7.6	4.5-12.7	88	47.9	39.8-56.1
GENDER
Male	71	14	19.3	11.2-31.3	9	14.1	6.8-27.0	7	9.6	4.4-19.6	8	8.6	4.0-17.6	33	48.4	35.6-61.4
Female	120	23	18.1	11.9-26.6	14	12.0	6.8-20.4	21	15.8	9.9-24.3	7	6.7	3.2-13.3	55	47.4	37.7-57.4
RACE
White	166	34	20.7	14.5-28.5	19	10.9	6.9-17.0	24	13.2	8.5-19.9	13	7.6	4.3-13.2	76	47.6	39.0-56.3
Other	25	3	7.6	2.3-22.2	4	24.7	8.0-55.4	4	10.6	3.3-29.1	2	7.5	1.7-27.4	12	49.6	27.7-71.6
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	191	37	18.7	13.3-25.6	23	13.0	8.2-20.1	28	12.8	8.5-18.8	15	7.6	4.5-12.7	88	47.9	39.8-56.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	23	21.2	13.9-31.0	16	13.9	8.1-22.6	14	11.4	6.3-19.8	8	7.7	3.7-15.5	50	45.7	35.7-56.2
Some College +	80	14	15.7	8.7-26.6	7	12.0	5.2-25.6	14	14.4	8.1-24.4	7	7.5	3.5-15.3	38	50.4	37.7-63.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	25	21.9	14.4-31.7	12	9.9	5.2-17.8	19	13.4	8.3-21.0	8	7.6	3.7-15.2	53	47.3	37.0-57.7
$50,000+	30	3	10.3	3.1-29.4	6	16.4	7.0-33.7	3	8.4	2.5-24.9	2	5.5	1.3-21.2	16	59.5	40.3-76.2

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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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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months			1-2 years			2-5 years			> 5 years			Never
	Total Respond.^	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
-Gaston County	191	37	18.7	13.3-25.6	23	13.0	8.2-20.1	28	12.8	8.5-18.8	15	7.6	4.5-12.7	88	47.9	39.8-56.1
GENDER
Male	71	14	19.3	11.2-31.3	9	14.1	6.8-27.0	7	9.6	4.4-19.6	8	8.6	4.0-17.6	33	48.4	35.6-61.4
Female	120	23	18.1	11.9-26.6	14	12.0	6.8-20.4	21	15.8	9.9-24.3	7	6.7	3.2-13.3	55	47.4	37.7-57.4
RACE
White	166	34	20.7	14.5-28.5	19	10.9	6.9-17.0	24	13.2	8.5-19.9	13	7.6	4.3-13.2	76	47.6	39.0-56.3
Other	25	3	7.6	2.3-22.2	4	24.7	8.0-55.4	4	10.6	3.3-29.1	2	7.5	1.7-27.4	12	49.6	27.7-71.6
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	191	37	18.7	13.3-25.6	23	13.0	8.2-20.1	28	12.8	8.5-18.8	15	7.6	4.5-12.7	88	47.9	39.8-56.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	23	21.2	13.9-31.0	16	13.9	8.1-22.6	14	11.4	6.3-19.8	8	7.7	3.7-15.5	50	45.7	35.7-56.2
Some College +	80	14	15.7	8.7-26.6	7	12.0	5.2-25.6	14	14.4	8.1-24.4	7	7.5	3.5-15.3	38	50.4	37.7-63.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	25	21.9	14.4-31.7	12	9.9	5.2-17.8	19	13.4	8.3-21.0	8	7.6	3.7-15.2	53	47.3	37.0-57.7
$50,000+	30	3	10.3	3.1-29.4	6	16.4	7.0-33.7	3	8.4	2.5-24.9	2	5.5	1.3-21.2	16	59.5	40.3-76.2

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?*