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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 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 332 100 33.5 27.4-40.1 38 10.2 7.0-14.7 26 8.0 5.2-12.1 27 7.2 4.5-11.3 141 41.2 34.8-47.9
GENDER
Male 118 33 31.4 22.3-42.3 11 6.6 3.2-13.0 8 6.5 3.1-13.2 14 10.8 5.9-19.0 52 44.8 34.5-55.5
Female 214 67 35.4 27.9-43.6 27 13.5 8.6-20.4 18 9.4 5.5-15.3 13 3.9 2.0- 7.5 89 38.0 30.5-46.1
RACE
White 293 94 34.5 28.2-41.5 32 10.4 7.0-15.1 24 7.9 5.1-12.1 25 7.5 4.6-12.0 118 39.7 33.2-46.6
Other 37 6 20.5 6.6-48.4 6 8.5 2.3-27.3 2 10.5 1.7-44.9 2 2.3 0.5-10.7 21 58.2 32.5-80.1
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 332 100 33.5 27.4-40.1 38 10.2 7.0-14.7 26 8.0 5.2-12.1 27 7.2 4.5-11.3 141 41.2 34.8-47.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 44 33.5 24.4-44.0 18 13.3 7.9-21.4 14 8.4 4.5-15.0 11 7.5 3.4-15.7 73 37.4 28.4-47.3
Some College + 169 56 34.2 26.5-42.9 20 7.8 4.5-13.3 11 6.7 3.6-12.3 16 7.1 4.0-12.1 66 44.2 35.6-53.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 178 50 32.9 24.6-42.4 20 9.9 5.8-16.5 14 8.4 4.7-14.9 16 7.9 4.2-14.5 78 40.8 32.1-50.1
$50,000+ 64 19 33.3 21.6-47.5 9 9.3 4.2-19.4 5 8.6 3.5-19.8 6 6.5 2.6-15.1 25 42.3 29.4-56.3

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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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