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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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

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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 7,314 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 330 54 16.6 12.2-22.1 37 13.6 9.5-19.2 47 14.7 10.7-19.8 25 7.6 4.7-12.2 167 47.5 41.0-54.1
GENDER
Male 116 25 19.7 12.7-29.2 15 16.3 9.5-26.4 14 12.0 6.7-20.4 9 9.3 4.4-18.6 53 42.7 32.6-53.5
Female 214 29 13.8 9.0-20.5 22 11.2 7.0-17.3 33 17.1 11.8-24.1 16 6.1 3.5-10.4 114 51.8 43.7-59.8
RACE
White 291 47 15.9 11.5-21.5 32 13.0 8.8-18.7 46 15.7 11.5-21.1 20 7.7 4.6-12.7 146 47.7 40.9-54.6
Other 37 7 28.5 10.6-57.4 4 16.1 4.4-44.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 5 6.8 2.0-20.7 20 48.2 24.2-73.0
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 330 54 16.6 12.2-22.1 37 13.6 9.5-19.2 47 14.7 10.7-19.8 25 7.6 4.7-12.2 167 47.5 41.0-54.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 15 13.3 7.6-22.3 16 11.0 6.2-18.7 18 11.2 6.4-18.7 10 9.1 4.3-18.1 103 55.5 45.3-65.2
Some College + 165 38 18.7 12.9-26.2 20 15.2 9.4-23.8 29 18.1 12.3-25.8 15 6.5 3.6-11.6 63 41.5 33.0-50.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 22 11.5 6.8-18.8 20 11.8 7.2-18.8 25 14.9 9.7-22.1 18 10.8 5.9-18.9 97 51.0 42.0-60.1
$50,000+ 63 19 28.6 17.9-42.3 7 15.7 7.5-29.9 11 13.5 6.9-24.6 2 3.6 0.8-14.1 24 38.7 26.2-52.8

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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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