BRFSS 2004 - Gaston County: (How long has it been since you had your last blood stool test using a home kit?*)

	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-5 years	> 5 years	Never
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
-Gaston County	194	47	23.6	17.6-30.9	31	18.8	12.9-26.5	24	10.4	6.8-15.6	13	5.0	2.6- 9.4	79	42.3	34.4-50.5
GENDER
Male	74	19	24.3	15.4-36.3	12	18.8	10.3-31.8	4	4.9	1.8-12.9	4	5.0	1.7-13.8	35	46.9	34.5-59.8
Female	120	28	22.9	15.7-32.1	19	18.7	11.7-28.6	20	15.8	10.0-24.0	9	5.0	2.3-10.3	44	37.6	28.5-47.7
RACE
White	167	39	22.5	16.3-30.3	28	17.7	12.1-25.3	23	12.1	7.8-18.2	12	5.5	2.8-10.7	65	42.1	33.7-51.1
Other	27	8	29.2	13.8-51.4	3	24.1	8.0-53.5	1	1.6	0.2-10.8	1	2.3	0.3-14.8	14	42.9	23.7-64.4
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	194	47	23.6	17.6-30.9	31	18.8	12.9-26.5	24	10.4	6.8-15.6	13	5.0	2.6- 9.4	79	42.3	34.4-50.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	28	25.7	17.7-35.6	21	21.1	13.6-31.3	13	9.9	5.4-17.4	8	7.0	3.1-14.9	44	36.3	27.1-46.6
Some College +	80	19	21.1	12.9-32.6	10	16.0	7.9-29.5	11	10.9	5.9-19.4	5	2.5	1.0- 6.5	35	49.5	36.8-62.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	119	28	21.7	14.8-30.6	17	17.1	10.4-26.9	18	14.0	8.6-22.1	11	7.8	3.8-15.2	45	39.4	29.6-50.1
$50,000+	30	10	33.7	18.1-53.8	5	12.8	5.0-29.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	15	53.5	34.5-71.6

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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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	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	7,277	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
-Gaston County	194	47	23.6	17.6-30.9	31	18.8	12.9-26.5	24	10.4	6.8-15.6	13	5.0	2.6- 9.4	79	42.3	34.4-50.5
GENDER
Male	74	19	24.3	15.4-36.3	12	18.8	10.3-31.8	4	4.9	1.8-12.9	4	5.0	1.7-13.8	35	46.9	34.5-59.8
Female	120	28	22.9	15.7-32.1	19	18.7	11.7-28.6	20	15.8	10.0-24.0	9	5.0	2.3-10.3	44	37.6	28.5-47.7
RACE
White	167	39	22.5	16.3-30.3	28	17.7	12.1-25.3	23	12.1	7.8-18.2	12	5.5	2.8-10.7	65	42.1	33.7-51.1
Other	27	8	29.2	13.8-51.4	3	24.1	8.0-53.5	1	1.6	0.2-10.8	1	2.3	0.3-14.8	14	42.9	23.7-64.4
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	194	47	23.6	17.6-30.9	31	18.8	12.9-26.5	24	10.4	6.8-15.6	13	5.0	2.6- 9.4	79	42.3	34.4-50.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	28	25.7	17.7-35.6	21	21.1	13.6-31.3	13	9.9	5.4-17.4	8	7.0	3.1-14.9	44	36.3	27.1-46.6
Some College +	80	19	21.1	12.9-32.6	10	16.0	7.9-29.5	11	10.9	5.9-19.4	5	2.5	1.0- 6.5	35	49.5	36.8-62.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	119	28	21.7	14.8-30.6	17	17.1	10.4-26.9	18	14.0	8.6-22.1	11	7.8	3.8-15.2	45	39.4	29.6-50.1
$50,000+	30	10	33.7	18.1-53.8	5	12.8	5.0-29.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	15	53.5	34.5-71.6

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last blood stool test using a home kit?*