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Total Respond.^ |
1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | > 5 years | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 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 | 170 | 30 | 15.6 | 10.1-23.2 | 16 | 10.4 | 5.6-18.4 | 14 | 9.4 | 5.2-16.4 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 5.0 | 106 | 63.0 | 53.7-71.4 |
55-64 | 258 | 53 | 19.5 | 14.5-25.8 | 34 | 13.4 | 9.2-19.1 | 28 | 11.7 | 7.7-17.4 | 10 | 4.4 | 2.2- 8.7 | 133 | 51.0 | 43.6-58.3 |
65-74 | 218 | 54 | 22.1 | 16.5-29.0 | 30 | 15.5 | 10.3-22.8 | 26 | 14.4 | 9.1-22.1 | 11 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.1 | 97 | 44.3 | 36.0-52.9 |
75+ | 149 | 27 | 22.1 | 14.4-32.3 | 11 | 8.0 | 4.1-15.0 | 20 | 9.7 | 6.0-15.3 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.7 | 88 | 58.5 | 48.6-67.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 269 | 43 | 17.6 | 12.8-23.8 | 29 | 12.2 | 8.0-18.2 | 27 | 10.8 | 7.1-16.1 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.7 | 166 | 58.4 | 51.2-65.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 239 | 51 | 17.8 | 13.2-23.7 | 27 | 15.3 | 9.9-22.8 | 23 | 9.2 | 5.6-14.6 | 13 | 4.0 | 2.2- 7.1 | 125 | 53.8 | 45.8-61.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 165 | 39 | 16.3 | 11.2-23.1 | 19 | 10.1 | 6.2-16.2 | 15 | 11.6 | 6.2-20.7 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.4 | 87 | 59.6 | 50.0-68.5 |
College Graduate | 121 | 30 | 29.0 | 20.0-39.9 | 16 | 11.0 | 6.5-18.3 | 23 | 18.2 | 11.6-27.3 | 6 | 6.1 | 2.5-14.6 | 46 | 35.7 | 26.6-45.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 204 | 40 | 21.6 | 15.5-29.2 | 22 | 7.4 | 4.5-11.9 | 20 | 11.3 | 6.8-18.0 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.8 | 119 | 58.7 | 50.4-66.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 189 | 37 | 16.4 | 11.5-23.0 | 22 | 16.7 | 10.5-25.6 | 16 | 9.4 | 5.4-15.7 | 13 | 6.6 | 3.6-11.7 | 101 | 50.9 | 42.1-59.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 65 | 15 | 21.3 | 12.0-35.1 | 6 | 11.0 | 4.3-25.2 | 6 | 15.3 | 6.0-33.7 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.7- 8.2 | 35 | 50.0 | 35.6-64.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 68 | 11 | 17.8 | 9.2-31.6 | 16 | 22.8 | 13.2-36.4 | 12 | 12.9 | 6.6-23.8 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.6 | 27 | 45.2 | 31.0-60.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 26 | 8 | 34.2 | 16.0-58.6 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.8 | 4 | 11.7 | 4.1-29.1 | 1 | 8.7 | 1.3-41.7 | 12 | 43.4 | 23.7-65.4 |
$75,000+ | 25 | 6 | 17.1 | 7.0-36.3 | 5 | 19.1 | 7.5-40.7 | 6 | 23.9 | 10.1-46.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 39.9 | 19.9-64.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 399 | 84 | 22.3 | 17.7-27.8 | 47 | 13.4 | 9.7-18.2 | 50 | 11.8 | 8.6-16.1 | 13 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.2 | 205 | 49.6 | 43.8-55.5 |
No | 374 | 75 | 16.5 | 12.8-21.1 | 42 | 11.6 | 8.0-16.4 | 37 | 11.8 | 8.1-16.9 | 14 | 3.2 | 1.7- 5.9 | 206 | 56.9 | 50.5-63.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 14 | 7 | 61.6 | 31.6-84.8 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-14.3 | 3 | 18.3 | 4.9-49.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 18.0 | 4.7-49.5 |
Non-Veteran | 779 | 157 | 18.9 | 15.8-22.3 | 90 | 12.7 | 10.0-16.0 | 84 | 11.4 | 8.9-14.6 | 28 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.9 | 420 | 53.8 | 49.5-58.1 |
Currently Serving | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 33.7 | 3.1-89.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 66.3 | 11.0-96.9 |
Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.
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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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