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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

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
-Guilford County 224 68 29.7 23.3-36.9 41 20.7 14.9-28.0 21 8.7 5.4-13.6 18 5.7 3.4- 9.3 76 35.3 28.5-42.7
GENDER
Male 84 21 26.7 17.6-38.2 15 21.0 12.3-33.6 6 7.6 3.3-16.4 3 2.2 0.7- 6.9 39 42.5 31.6-54.2
Female 140 47 32.7 24.6-42.1 26 20.4 13.9-29.1 15 9.7 5.7-16.2 15 9.2 5.3-15.5 37 27.9 20.3-37.0
RACE
White 173 48 27.9 20.9-36.0 31 20.8 14.1-29.4 19 10.2 6.2-16.3 17 6.8 4.0-11.2 58 34.4 26.9-42.8
Other 50 19 34.5 21.0-51.1 10 21.0 10.9-36.6 2 3.6 0.9-13.6 1 2.1 0.3-13.3 18 38.8 24.6-55.1
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 224 68 29.7 23.3-36.9 41 20.7 14.9-28.0 21 8.7 5.4-13.6 18 5.7 3.4- 9.3 76 35.3 28.5-42.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 24 27.2 17.5-39.8 12 18.5 10.3-31.1 8 12.2 6.0-23.3 7 6.0 2.6-13.3 32 36.0 25.3-48.2
Some College + 140 44 31.3 23.4-40.5 29 22.2 14.9-31.7 13 6.5 3.6-11.5 11 5.5 3.0-10.1 43 34.5 26.0-44.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 111 36 34.8 25.2-45.9 16 14.4 8.5-23.4 8 7.2 3.3-15.1 10 6.9 3.5-13.3 41 36.7 27.2-47.2
$50,000+ 67 21 30.7 20.3-43.7 15 21.6 12.8-34.0 6 9.0 4.0-19.2 2 1.6 0.4- 6.2 23 37.1 25.5-50.4

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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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