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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 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%)
TOTAL 1,199 345 29.4 26.3-32.7 131 11.3 9.2-13.7 63 4.7 3.5- 6.3 64 4.9 3.6- 6.6 596 49.7 46.2-53.2
GENDER
Male 407 119 28.5 23.7-33.8 40 11.1 7.8-15.6 10 1.8 0.8- 3.9 15 3.5 1.9- 6.2 223 55.1 49.3-60.8
Female 792 226 30.1 26.2-34.3 91 11.4 9.0-14.3 53 7.0 5.0- 9.6 49 6.1 4.3- 8.5 373 45.4 41.2-49.7
AGE
50-54 257 61 23.2 17.6-30.0 26 10.0 6.2-15.7 13 5.3 2.8-10.0 11 2.7 1.4- 5.1 146 58.8 51.3-65.8
55-64 424 128 31.8 26.7-37.5 50 13.4 9.8-18.1 21 3.4 2.1- 5.7 26 5.7 3.7- 8.7 199 45.6 39.8-51.6
65-74 318 100 31.9 25.9-38.7 32 9.9 6.6-14.6 19 5.4 3.2- 8.8 19 5.7 2.9-10.7 148 47.1 40.2-54.1
75+ 200 56 28.5 21.6-36.5 23 10.1 6.1-16.2 10 5.8 2.5-12.9 8 5.0 2.3-10.5 103 50.7 42.3-59.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 406 102 24.3 19.6-29.6 50 13.7 9.7-18.9 13 3.0 1.6- 5.6 20 4.6 2.6- 8.0 221 54.5 48.3-60.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 379 108 30.6 25.1-36.7 35 10.6 7.3-15.3 22 4.0 2.3- 6.7 23 5.3 3.4- 8.3 191 49.5 43.4-55.6
Some Post-H.S. 239 89 37.2 30.0-44.9 21 6.7 4.0-11.0 10 3.6 1.7- 7.4 17 7.2 3.9-13.0 102 45.3 37.5-53.3
College Graduate 173 46 27.0 19.8-35.8 25 14.5 9.3-21.9 17 9.2 5.4-15.5 4 1.5 0.6- 4.2 81 47.7 38.6-57.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 286 73 24.9 19.2-31.5 27 10.6 6.7-16.4 17 6.8 3.9-11.6 21 7.3 4.2-12.5 148 50.4 43.2-57.5
$15,000- 24,999 277 70 25.8 19.8-32.9 38 15.4 10.7-21.8 13 3.6 1.9- 6.6 9 2.4 1.1- 5.0 147 52.8 45.4-60.2
$25,000- 34,999 112 45 39.7 29.8-50.5 6 4.1 1.8- 9.1 5 2.9 1.1- 7.5 5 5.9 1.9-17.0 51 47.4 36.8-58.2
$35,000- 49,999 110 39 37.5 27.5-48.8 15 13.8 7.3-24.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 50 45.8 34.9-57.1
$50,000-74,999 56 18 25.8 15.3-40.2 4 9.4 3.2-24.4 4 5.7 1.7-17.3 4 7.5 2.6-19.9 26 51.7 35.9-67.1
$75,000+ 46 16 37.9 22.8-55.8 6 9.4 4.0-20.5 5 9.2 3.5-21.9 0 0.0 . - . 19 43.5 27.6-60.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 582 171 30.5 26.2-35.2 70 13.1 9.8-17.2 26 4.4 2.7- 7.1 31 4.7 3.1- 7.3 284 47.2 42.3-52.2
No 583 165 28.8 24.4-33.6 59 9.9 7.4-13.1 35 5.1 3.4- 7.4 30 5.0 3.3- 7.7 294 51.2 46.1-56.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 174 67 39.8 31.4-48.7 14 8.0 4.3-14.5 8 2.7 1.3- 5.6 7 3.0 1.2- 6.9 78 46.5 37.7-55.6
Non-Veteran 1,021 275 27.1 23.8-30.6 116 11.9 9.6-14.7 55 5.1 3.7- 7.0 57 5.3 3.9- 7.3 518 50.5 46.7-54.4
Currently Serving 4 3 76.4 24.3-97.0 1 23.6 3.0-75.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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