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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,204 260 20.8 18.1-23.8 146 13.7 11.3-16.6 112 9.2 7.4-11.4 39 2.6 1.8- 3.7 647 53.7 50.1-57.2
GENDER
Male 409 96 22.2 17.7-27.4 55 15.4 11.3-20.5 24 6.2 4.0- 9.6 11 1.9 1.0- 3.6 223 54.3 48.4-60.1
Female 795 164 19.7 16.6-23.2 91 12.4 9.8-15.7 88 11.6 9.1-14.7 28 3.1 2.0- 4.8 424 53.2 48.8-57.4
AGE
50-54 257 46 15.7 11.2-21.5 23 9.6 5.8-15.5 18 7.2 4.3-11.9 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8 164 65.9 58.6-72.5
55-64 424 89 20.4 15.9-25.8 63 15.9 11.9-20.8 39 9.8 6.9-13.9 16 3.4 2.0- 5.9 217 50.5 44.6-56.4
65-74 320 86 25.0 19.9-31.0 42 16.4 11.3-23.2 31 10.3 6.8-15.4 13 2.9 1.5- 5.3 148 45.4 38.6-52.4
75+ 203 39 22.9 16.2-31.3 18 9.7 5.8-15.7 24 8.8 5.3-14.1 4 1.3 0.4- 3.8 118 57.3 48.9-65.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 416 72 17.2 13.4-21.9 44 13.0 8.8-18.7 33 7.6 5.1-11.1 7 1.2 0.5- 2.7 260 61.0 54.9-66.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 378 88 21.0 16.7-26.1 46 15.5 11.2-21.1 30 6.7 4.4-10.1 14 2.3 1.3- 4.0 200 54.5 48.4-60.5
Some Post-H.S. 237 57 18.7 13.8-24.9 27 10.6 6.8-16.2 20 10.9 6.5-17.7 9 3.1 1.5- 6.4 124 56.7 48.7-64.3
College Graduate 171 42 29.1 20.6-39.3 29 16.0 10.6-23.4 29 16.0 10.6-23.4 9 5.4 2.6-10.9 62 33.6 25.8-42.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 297 57 18.9 14.2-24.8 30 7.9 4.8-12.7 25 8.7 5.6-13.4 5 1.1 0.4- 2.8 180 63.3 56.4-69.7
$15,000- 24,999 274 53 14.8 11.0-19.7 36 18.9 13.0-26.8 19 7.2 4.3-11.8 16 5.0 2.9- 8.4 150 54.1 46.5-61.5
$25,000- 34,999 110 28 25.6 17.2-36.3 12 11.6 6.2-20.7 8 9.6 4.2-20.7 3 1.3 0.3- 4.4 59 51.8 40.9-62.6
$35,000- 49,999 111 28 26.9 18.2-37.9 23 19.7 12.4-29.8 17 12.2 7.0-20.4 3 1.7 0.5- 5.9 40 39.4 28.9-51.1
$50,000-74,999 56 18 37.0 21.9-55.1 5 8.3 3.0-21.3 6 8.4 3.1-20.5 1 3.2 0.4-19.3 26 43.1 28.5-59.1
$75,000+ 46 11 21.3 10.3-38.7 12 27.3 14.6-45.2 10 23.8 12.1-41.4 0 0.0 . - . 13 27.7 15.2-45.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 592 132 22.1 18.4-26.4 78 15.1 11.8-19.2 64 10.0 7.5-13.2 18 2.4 1.4- 4.1 300 50.3 45.4-55.3
No 581 122 19.6 15.9-24.0 64 11.9 8.7-16.0 45 8.6 6.1-12.0 19 2.5 1.5- 4.2 331 57.4 52.2-62.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 173 55 31.7 24.2-40.3 29 20.0 13.0-29.6 15 7.3 4.1-12.6 7 3.1 1.4- 6.8 67 37.9 29.7-46.9
Non-Veteran 1,027 204 18.4 15.7-21.6 116 12.4 10.0-15.2 96 9.6 7.6-12.1 32 2.5 1.7- 3.7 579 57.1 53.3-60.8
Currently Serving 4 1 37.8 5.8-85.7 1 23.6 3.0-75.7 1 13.0 1.5-59.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 25.6 3.3-77.6

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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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