BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	261	53	19.1	14.2-25.2	45	18.4	13.6-24.5	49	19.0	14.2-25.1	12	4.2	2.2- 7.7	102	39.3	32.7-46.3
GENDER
Male	105	24	21.9	14.3-32.0	18	19.3	12.3-29.1	21	21.4	14.1-31.1	6	4.6	1.9-10.8	36	32.8	23.9-43.2
Female	156	29	15.9	10.8-22.9	27	17.4	11.7-25.1	28	16.4	11.0-23.9	6	3.7	1.6- 8.3	66	46.5	37.6-55.6
RACE
White	200	36	17.6	12.3-24.6	37	20.3	14.6-27.5	42	21.8	16.0-29.1	10	4.9	2.5- 9.5	75	35.4	28.3-43.1
Other	58	16	23.1	13.0-37.7	8	13.9	6.5-27.1	7	12.0	5.2-25.2	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	26	50.2	35.5-64.8
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	261	53	19.1	14.2-25.2	45	18.4	13.6-24.5	49	19.0	14.2-25.1	12	4.2	2.2- 7.7	102	39.3	32.7-46.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	91	18	17.2	10.0-27.8	16	18.0	10.7-28.7	10	12.2	6.0-23.3	5	4.5	1.8-10.7	42	48.1	36.3-60.1
Some College +	170	35	20.1	14.0-28.0	29	18.6	12.8-26.4	39	22.7	16.4-30.5	7	4.0	1.7- 9.0	60	34.6	27.0-43.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	110	28	23.7	15.3-34.8	14	14.4	8.2-24.0	23	20.3	12.8-30.7	4	3.9	1.4-10.2	41	37.7	27.5-49.1
$50,000+	88	16	17.5	10.5-27.8	20	23.9	15.4-35.1	18	20.8	13.1-31.4	5	5.0	1.9-12.7	29	32.8	23.2-44.1

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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
-Mecklenburg County	261	53	19.1	14.2-25.2	45	18.4	13.6-24.5	49	19.0	14.2-25.1	12	4.2	2.2- 7.7	102	39.3	32.7-46.3
GENDER
Male	105	24	21.9	14.3-32.0	18	19.3	12.3-29.1	21	21.4	14.1-31.1	6	4.6	1.9-10.8	36	32.8	23.9-43.2
Female	156	29	15.9	10.8-22.9	27	17.4	11.7-25.1	28	16.4	11.0-23.9	6	3.7	1.6- 8.3	66	46.5	37.6-55.6
RACE
White	200	36	17.6	12.3-24.6	37	20.3	14.6-27.5	42	21.8	16.0-29.1	10	4.9	2.5- 9.5	75	35.4	28.3-43.1
Other	58	16	23.1	13.0-37.7	8	13.9	6.5-27.1	7	12.0	5.2-25.2	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	26	50.2	35.5-64.8
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	261	53	19.1	14.2-25.2	45	18.4	13.6-24.5	49	19.0	14.2-25.1	12	4.2	2.2- 7.7	102	39.3	32.7-46.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	91	18	17.2	10.0-27.8	16	18.0	10.7-28.7	10	12.2	6.0-23.3	5	4.5	1.8-10.7	42	48.1	36.3-60.1
Some College +	170	35	20.1	14.0-28.0	29	18.6	12.8-26.4	39	22.7	16.4-30.5	7	4.0	1.7- 9.0	60	34.6	27.0-43.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	110	28	23.7	15.3-34.8	14	14.4	8.2-24.0	23	20.3	12.8-30.7	4	3.9	1.4-10.2	41	37.7	27.5-49.1
$50,000+	88	16	17.5	10.5-27.8	20	23.9	15.4-35.1	18	20.8	13.1-31.4	5	5.0	1.9-12.7	29	32.8	23.2-44.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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