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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 | 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 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 2,607 | 762 | 29.4 | 27.3-31.6 | 287 | 11.0 | 9.7-12.6 | 151 | 6.0 | 5.0- 7.2 | 135 | 5.3 | 4.3- 6.4 | 1,272 | 48.3 | 45.9-50.6 |
Female | 4,670 | 1,306 | 28.6 | 27.1-30.3 | 560 | 12.4 | 11.3-13.6 | 420 | 9.0 | 8.1-10.1 | 393 | 7.7 | 6.8- 8.6 | 1,991 | 42.2 | 40.5-44.0 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 5,826 | 1,667 | 29.4 | 28.0-30.9 | 691 | 12.1 | 11.0-13.2 | 498 | 8.4 | 7.6- 9.3 | 455 | 7.1 | 6.3- 7.9 | 2,515 | 43.0 | 41.4-44.6 |
African American | 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 |
Asian | 11 | 3 | 29.2 | 7.5-67.6 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 67.9 | 31.2-90.8 |
Native American | 136 | 34 | 23.7 | 15.7-34.1 | 18 | 11.4 | 6.4-19.3 | 7 | 5.8 | 2.2-14.4 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.5- 7.8 | 70 | 55.7 | 43.9-66.9 |
Other Minorities | 72 | 10 | 7.4 | 3.5-15.2 | 4 | 4.8 | 1.5-14.5 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 55 | 86.3 | 75.9-92.7 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 105 | 27 | 24.5 | 15.0-37.5 | 9 | 7.2 | 2.8-17.2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5- 5.0 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.0-10.9 | 62 | 63.3 | 49.8-75.0 |
-English Speaking | 85 | 27 | 37.0 | 24.0-52.2 | 9 | 10.8 | 4.3-24.7 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.4 | 4 | 5.2 | 1.6-15.9 | 42 | 44.7 | 31.2-59.0 |
-Spanish Speaking | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 20 | 100 | . - . |
Non-Hispanic | 7,166 | 2,038 | 29.1 | 27.8-30.4 | 838 | 11.9 | 10.9-12.8 | 568 | 7.7 | 7.0- 8.5 | 524 | 6.6 | 5.9- 7.3 | 3,198 | 44.7 | 43.3-46.2 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
50-54 | 1,395 | 305 | 20.2 | 17.7-22.8 | 124 | 9.7 | 7.8-12.0 | 86 | 6.1 | 4.8- 7.8 | 81 | 4.7 | 3.6- 6.1 | 799 | 59.3 | 56.1-62.5 |
55-64 | 2,507 | 722 | 30.4 | 28.1-32.8 | 294 | 11.7 | 10.3-13.4 | 196 | 7.5 | 6.3- 8.8 | 172 | 6.4 | 5.3- 7.6 | 1,123 | 44.0 | 41.6-46.5 |
65-74 | 1,940 | 631 | 34.0 | 31.4-36.7 | 262 | 13.5 | 11.7-15.5 | 166 | 8.2 | 6.8- 9.8 | 136 | 6.5 | 5.2- 8.0 | 745 | 37.9 | 35.2-40.6 |
75+ | 1,435 | 410 | 29.7 | 26.8-32.8 | 167 | 11.8 | 9.9-14.0 | 123 | 8.9 | 7.2-11.0 | 139 | 9.5 | 7.8-11.7 | 596 | 40.0 | 36.9-43.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,494 | 358 | 24.0 | 21.3-26.9 | 158 | 10.8 | 8.9-13.0 | 93 | 5.4 | 4.2- 6.8 | 111 | 7.1 | 5.5- 9.1 | 774 | 52.8 | 49.4-56.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,207 | 596 | 27.3 | 25.0-29.7 | 245 | 10.9 | 9.4-12.6 | 177 | 8.0 | 6.7- 9.6 | 169 | 6.7 | 5.6- 8.0 | 1,020 | 47.1 | 44.4-49.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,707 | 534 | 31.4 | 28.7-34.2 | 200 | 11.6 | 9.9-13.5 | 136 | 7.1 | 5.9- 8.7 | 123 | 6.9 | 5.5- 8.5 | 714 | 43.0 | 40.1-46.0 |
College Graduate | 1,856 | 577 | 32.3 | 29.7-35.1 | 244 | 13.6 | 11.7-15.7 | 164 | 8.9 | 7.4-10.6 | 124 | 5.7 | 4.7- 7.1 | 747 | 39.5 | 36.7-42.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,027 | 247 | 23.8 | 20.5-27.5 | 100 | 10.8 | 8.5-13.6 | 87 | 8.2 | 6.4-10.4 | 86 | 7.4 | 5.7- 9.6 | 507 | 49.9 | 45.8-54.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,291 | 358 | 26.6 | 23.7-29.7 | 144 | 11.3 | 9.3-13.6 | 100 | 7.4 | 5.9- 9.3 | 91 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.6 | 598 | 48.1 | 44.6-51.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 743 | 239 | 32.4 | 28.5-36.6 | 64 | 7.7 | 5.9-10.1 | 52 | 7.1 | 5.2- 9.6 | 53 | 6.7 | 4.6- 9.6 | 335 | 46.1 | 41.8-50.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 862 | 261 | 31.8 | 28.1-35.8 | 99 | 10.4 | 8.2-13.1 | 73 | 8.6 | 6.5-11.3 | 56 | 5.8 | 4.3- 7.8 | 373 | 43.4 | 39.4-47.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 724 | 225 | 31.1 | 27.2-35.3 | 98 | 13.6 | 10.8-16.9 | 50 | 6.7 | 4.9- 9.2 | 46 | 5.3 | 3.8- 7.3 | 305 | 43.4 | 39.0-47.9 |
$75,000+ | 806 | 242 | 30.2 | 26.4-34.3 | 108 | 13.2 | 10.7-16.3 | 68 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.4 | 59 | 6.5 | 4.8- 8.7 | 329 | 41.3 | 37.2-45.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 3,103 | 890 | 29.4 | 27.4-31.5 | 362 | 12.3 | 10.9-13.9 | 262 | 8.3 | 7.1- 9.5 | 248 | 7.3 | 6.2- 8.5 | 1,341 | 42.8 | 40.5-45.0 |
No | 4,008 | 1,133 | 28.8 | 27.0-30.6 | 466 | 11.3 | 10.2-12.6 | 301 | 7.3 | 6.4- 8.3 | 270 | 6.1 | 5.2- 7.0 | 1,838 | 46.6 | 44.6-48.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,410 | 496 | 36.2 | 33.1-39.3 | 165 | 11.3 | 9.4-13.5 | 81 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.2 | 83 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.6 | 585 | 41.0 | 37.9-44.1 |
Non-Veteran | 5,848 | 1,561 | 26.5 | 25.1-28.0 | 679 | 11.9 | 10.9-13.0 | 490 | 8.2 | 7.4- 9.2 | 445 | 6.8 | 6.0- 7.6 | 2,673 | 46.5 | 44.9-48.2 |
Currently Serving | 18 | 10 | 61.2 | 34.0-82.9 | 3 | 9.5 | 2.7-28.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 29.3 | 10.5-59.3 |
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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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