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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 | 2,597 | 593 | 23.1 | 21.1-25.1 | 383 | 15.6 | 13.9-17.4 | 341 | 13.5 | 12.0-15.2 | 133 | 4.8 | 3.9- 5.9 | 1,147 | 43.0 | 40.7-45.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 2,089 | 476 | 23.6 | 21.5-25.9 | 319 | 15.9 | 14.1-18.0 | 304 | 15.2 | 13.4-17.2 | 120 | 5.6 | 4.5- 6.9 | 870 | 39.7 | 37.1-42.2 |
African American | 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 |
Asian | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 42.4 | 10.1-82.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 57.6 | 17.1-89.9 |
Native American | 40 | 12 | 18.7 | 9.6-33.5 | 4 | 16.8 | 5.6-40.7 | 7 | 12.1 | 5.4-25.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 17 | 52.4 | 32.2-71.7 |
Other Minorities | 43 | 6 | 14.7 | 5.0-35.9 | 4 | 5.5 | 1.9-15.3 | 4 | 4.9 | 1.6-13.8 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6-10.1 | 27 | 72.4 | 53.1-85.9 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 40 | 8 | 23.3 | 9.6-46.5 | 8 | 14.0 | 5.5-31.6 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 22 | 60.7 | 39.2-78.7 |
-English Speaking | 29 | 5 | 19.5 | 5.3-51.0 | 8 | 24.6 | 9.9-49.3 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.6-16.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 14 | 52.5 | 28.8-75.1 |
-Spanish Speaking | 11 | 3 | 28.4 | 7.6-65.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 71.6 | 34.3-92.4 |
Non-Hispanic | 2,556 | 584 | 23.0 | 21.1-25.1 | 375 | 15.6 | 13.9-17.5 | 339 | 13.8 | 12.3-15.5 | 133 | 4.9 | 4.0- 6.1 | 1,125 | 42.6 | 40.3-45.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
50-54 | 513 | 89 | 16.3 | 12.8-20.5 | 36 | 7.9 | 5.2-11.8 | 44 | 7.6 | 5.4-10.5 | 27 | 4.6 | 3.0- 6.9 | 317 | 63.7 | 58.4-68.6 |
55-64 | 990 | 199 | 20.9 | 17.8-24.2 | 165 | 17.3 | 14.6-20.4 | 143 | 15.5 | 12.9-18.5 | 49 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.7 | 434 | 41.5 | 37.8-45.3 |
65-74 | 677 | 208 | 31.4 | 27.4-35.6 | 100 | 16.2 | 13.0-20.1 | 87 | 13.2 | 10.4-16.5 | 31 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.0 | 251 | 34.6 | 30.4-38.9 |
75+ | 417 | 97 | 24.2 | 19.5-29.7 | 82 | 20.6 | 16.3-25.6 | 67 | 17.3 | 13.4-22.2 | 26 | 5.5 | 3.3- 9.0 | 145 | 32.4 | 27.4-37.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 519 | 96 | 18.2 | 14.5-22.7 | 61 | 12.2 | 9.0-16.3 | 45 | 8.2 | 5.6-11.7 | 26 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.4 | 291 | 56.1 | 50.7-61.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 701 | 156 | 21.5 | 18.1-25.3 | 103 | 14.7 | 11.8-18.1 | 79 | 12.2 | 9.4-15.6 | 23 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.5 | 340 | 47.8 | 43.3-52.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 569 | 139 | 24.3 | 20.3-28.7 | 78 | 13.9 | 10.9-17.6 | 63 | 11.9 | 9.0-15.5 | 31 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.0 | 258 | 45.9 | 41.0-50.8 |
College Graduate | 801 | 202 | 26.7 | 23.0-30.7 | 140 | 19.3 | 16.1-23.0 | 154 | 19.1 | 16.1-22.5 | 53 | 5.9 | 4.3- 8.0 | 252 | 29.0 | 25.4-32.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 299 | 64 | 20.5 | 15.4-26.8 | 21 | 6.7 | 3.9-11.0 | 24 | 7.6 | 4.8-11.9 | 12 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.1 | 178 | 61.6 | 54.3-68.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 392 | 78 | 18.6 | 14.6-23.6 | 52 | 13.8 | 10.0-18.7 | 49 | 12.4 | 9.0-16.8 | 20 | 4.9 | 3.0- 8.0 | 193 | 50.3 | 44.2-56.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 290 | 66 | 22.0 | 17.1-27.8 | 44 | 14.7 | 10.7-20.0 | 37 | 13.7 | 9.5-19.4 | 13 | 5.9 | 3.0-11.2 | 130 | 43.6 | 37.3-50.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 363 | 93 | 28.3 | 22.9-34.4 | 51 | 13.8 | 10.1-18.6 | 47 | 12.5 | 9.1-16.9 | 21 | 6.1 | 3.4-10.4 | 151 | 39.4 | 33.6-45.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 337 | 79 | 25.3 | 20.0-31.4 | 56 | 17.8 | 13.4-23.2 | 52 | 14.5 | 10.7-19.4 | 16 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.0 | 134 | 37.8 | 31.9-44.1 |
$75,000+ | 385 | 97 | 22.9 | 18.4-28.1 | 75 | 21.3 | 16.7-26.8 | 66 | 18.4 | 14.2-23.5 | 20 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.6 | 127 | 32.7 | 27.2-38.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,033 | 247 | 23.3 | 20.3-26.6 | 151 | 13.8 | 11.6-16.4 | 148 | 14.8 | 12.3-17.7 | 64 | 5.8 | 4.3- 7.8 | 423 | 42.2 | 38.5-46.0 |
No | 1,492 | 330 | 22.7 | 20.2-25.5 | 225 | 16.7 | 14.4-19.2 | 183 | 12.7 | 10.8-14.9 | 64 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.6 | 690 | 43.7 | 40.7-46.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,346 | 355 | 27.4 | 24.6-30.5 | 231 | 18.5 | 16.0-21.2 | 204 | 15.8 | 13.5-18.2 | 70 | 5.3 | 4.0- 7.1 | 486 | 33.0 | 30.1-36.1 |
Non-Veteran | 1,237 | 235 | 18.4 | 15.9-21.2 | 150 | 12.6 | 10.5-15.2 | 135 | 11.3 | 9.3-13.7 | 62 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.7 | 655 | 53.4 | 49.9-56.8 |
Currently Serving | 13 | 3 | 34.9 | 11.6-68.8 | 2 | 13.0 | 3.0-42.0 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.4-21.5 | 1 | 5.3 | 0.7-30.5 | 6 | 43.4 | 17.7-73.2 |
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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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