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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-5 years	> 5 years	Never
North Carolina	7,314	1,432	20.0	18.9-21.2	1,009	14.4	13.4-15.5	1,095	14.9	14.0-16.0	446	5.4	4.8- 6.0	3,332	45.3	43.8-46.7
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	217	32	15.5	10.7-21.7	32	14.4	10.0-20.3	33	16.7	11.4-23.9	18	9.4	5.7-15.0	102	44.1	36.8-51.6
Buncombe	195	44	21.3	15.8-28.1	27	11.9	7.9-17.5	34	18.6	13.2-25.7	12	6.0	3.2-11.0	78	42.2	34.5-50.2
Cabarrus	199	34	17.2	11.9-24.2	28	12.7	8.5-18.5	32	15.4	10.7-21.6	11	4.8	2.4- 9.3	94	50.0	42.0-58.0
Catawba	192	34	17.4	12.3-24.0	21	10.8	6.9-16.4	26	12.1	7.9-18.0	8	3.8	1.8- 7.9	103	56.0	48.1-63.6
Cumberland	191	51	29.1	22.3-37.2	28	17.1	11.2-25.2	33	15.2	10.6-21.3	7	2.3	1.0- 5.2	72	36.2	29.0-44.2
Davidson	183	34	22.4	15.3-31.7	26	14.3	9.1-21.8	27	13.2	8.8-19.5	7	3.8	1.8- 8.0	89	46.2	37.8-54.8
Durham	164	30	19.2	13.3-26.9	34	19.8	13.9-27.5	27	15.6	10.3-23.0	7	3.5	1.5- 7.7	66	41.9	33.7-50.6
Forsyth	227	54	26.0	19.8-33.2	34	14.9	10.3-21.0	34	16.4	11.6-22.6	14	5.5	3.0- 9.7	91	37.3	30.5-44.6
Gaston	191	37	18.7	13.3-25.6	23	13.0	8.2-20.1	28	12.8	8.5-18.8	15	7.6	4.5-12.7	88	47.9	39.8-56.1
Guilford	223	45	18.9	13.6-25.8	42	21.5	15.8-28.4	42	20.0	14.6-26.6	15	4.6	2.6- 7.9	79	35.0	28.3-42.4
Iredell	217	31	12.1	8.3-17.4	25	13.7	9.0-20.4	27	12.2	8.1-17.8	18	7.2	4.4-11.5	116	54.8	47.3-62.1
Johnston	226	50	18.5	13.5-24.9	28	11.1	7.3-16.3	42	20.4	14.5-27.8	17	7.9	3.9-15.1	89	42.2	34.2-50.7
Mecklenburg	261	53	19.1	14.2-25.2	45	18.4	13.6-24.5	49	19.0	14.2-25.1	12	4.2	2.2- 7.7	102	39.3	32.7-46.3
New Hanover	192	47	25.2	19.0-32.5	23	11.3	7.3-17.1	39	22.3	16.4-29.7	13	6.1	3.4-10.6	70	35.2	28.1-42.9
Onslow	148	30	18.7	12.8-26.4	22	16.0	10.4-23.7	17	14.8	8.7-24.1	10	5.7	3.0-10.7	69	44.8	36.0-53.9
Orange	172	37	24.3	17.1-33.3	30	16.6	11.3-23.7	30	16.7	11.3-23.8	15	8.0	4.7-13.2	60	34.5	26.9-43.0
Pitt	148	30	18.5	12.6-26.4	24	16.2	10.3-24.5	26	17.9	12.0-26.0	5	3.0	1.2- 7.4	63	44.3	35.4-53.6
Randolph	178	39	19.7	14.1-26.8	30	18.5	12.5-26.4	30	16.2	11.0-23.3	12	7.4	3.9-13.4	67	38.2	30.1-47.1
Robeson	186	36	20.6	14.6-28.2	21	9.4	5.8-14.8	24	11.5	7.4-17.4	7	3.3	1.5- 7.3	98	55.3	47.0-63.2
Rowan	212	29	13.4	9.1-19.3	21	9.4	5.9-14.5	34	16.4	11.3-23.2	14	4.5	2.5- 8.0	114	56.3	48.6-63.7
Union	191	31	16.5	11.3-23.6	30	14.7	10.0-21.2	32	18.4	11.7-27.8	12	7.4	3.5-15.1	86	43.0	34.8-51.5
Wake	202	43	23.7	17.5-31.4	33	15.4	10.5-22.0	33	15.3	10.7-21.4	5	1.9	0.7- 4.9	88	43.7	35.9-51.8
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	196	48	26.3	19.9-33.9	24	10.4	6.9-15.6	26	13.4	8.7-20.0	12	4.5	2.4- 8.5	86	45.4	37.6-53.4
Northeast Partnership II	287	62	22.0	17.2-27.8	33	11.7	8.1-16.8	33	10.3	7.1-14.7	19	7.1	4.4-11.3	140	48.8	42.4-55.3
Northeast Partnership I	229	37	15.6	10.9-21.7	19	6.9	4.3-10.9	28	12.9	8.7-18.7	9	4.5	2.2- 8.7	136	60.2	52.8-67.0
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	206	51	24.6	18.4-32.1	24	11.8	7.4-18.4	13	6.9	3.6-13.0	12	3.9	1.9- 7.6	106	52.7	44.4-60.9
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	221	34	14.7	9.9-21.2	44	20.4	14.9-27.3	32	14.4	9.9-20.3	13	4.3	2.2- 8.3	98	46.2	38.5-54.1
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	228	42	18.6	13.6-24.9	35	16.7	11.7-23.2	32	12.3	8.5-17.5	15	6.3	3.6-10.8	104	46.2	39.0-53.5
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	202	40	19.1	13.9-25.6	23	9.7	6.2-14.9	17	6.8	4.1-11.2	12	6.7	3.6-12.2	110	57.6	49.9-64.9
Chatham/Lee/Moore	254	65	27.7	21.9-34.5	33	12.6	8.8-17.7	38	14.3	10.0-19.9	24	9.0	5.9-13.7	94	36.4	30.0-43.3
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	267	44	16.6	12.2-22.2	31	11.9	8.1-17.0	47	18.3	13.3-24.5	20	6.4	3.9-10.4	125	46.8	40.0-53.7
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	180	30	18.3	12.7-25.6	26	14.2	9.5-20.7	29	14.9	9.6-22.6	7	3.6	1.6- 8.2	88	48.9	40.7-57.2
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	196	33	16.8	11.4-24.1	24	11.1	7.1-17.1	31	12.4	8.5-17.9	11	6.3	3.1-12.2	97	53.4	44.1-62.3
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	203	41	19.6	14.2-26.4	29	12.7	8.6-18.3	23	10.8	6.9-16.5	13	5.9	3.3-10.4	97	51.0	43.3-58.7
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	330	54	16.6	12.2-22.1	37	13.6	9.5-19.2	47	14.7	10.7-19.8	25	7.6	4.7-12.2	167	47.5	41.0-54.1
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	572	113	20.3	16.8-24.3	59	9.8	7.4-12.8	68	11.3	8.8-14.4	30	5.3	3.6- 7.7	302	53.4	48.7-57.9
No	6,742	1,319	20.0	18.8-21.3	950	14.7	13.6-15.8	1,027	15.2	14.1-16.3	416	5.4	4.8- 6.1	3,030	44.7	43.2-46.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	2,468	518	21.2	19.3-23.2	329	13.9	12.2-15.7	353	13.8	12.3-15.5	145	5.1	4.2- 6.1	1,123	46.1	43.7-48.5
Piedmont	3,977	746	19.6	18.1-21.3	571	15.2	13.8-16.7	615	16.0	14.5-17.5	245	5.2	4.5- 6.0	1,800	44.0	42.0-45.9
Western NC	869	168	19.1	16.2-22.5	109	12.7	10.2-15.7	127	13.7	11.3-16.6	56	6.6	4.8- 9.0	409	47.9	43.8-52.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	515	97	17.9	14.2-22.2	63	13.2	9.9-17.5	80	16.1	12.6-20.2	37	7.4	4.9-10.9	238	45.5	40.2-50.8
Northwest	1,447	265	20.3	17.8-23.1	181	12.8	10.8-15.0	207	13.5	11.5-15.8	83	4.9	3.8- 6.4	711	48.5	45.4-51.7
Charlotte	1,032	186	18.0	15.2-21.2	151	15.4	12.8-18.4	171	17.2	14.4-20.4	63	5.5	4.1- 7.4	461	43.9	40.1-47.7
Greensboro	977	192	19.6	16.5-23.1	159	18.2	15.2-21.7	158	16.9	14.0-20.2	75	6.7	5.2- 8.8	393	38.5	34.7-42.5
Southern Regional	752	167	24.1	20.6-28.1	99	14.1	11.2-17.6	112	14.0	11.4-17.0	47	4.9	3.6- 6.7	327	42.9	38.7-47.2
Coastal	403	83	19.6	15.7-24.2	59	16.1	12.2-20.9	70	16.8	13.2-21.1	23	5.4	3.4- 8.4	168	42.2	36.7-47.8
Wake	887	179	20.8	17.4-24.7	128	13.9	11.2-17.2	136	15.4	12.6-18.7	42	3.5	2.4- 5.2	402	46.4	42.0-50.8
Area L	328	68	21.6	16.7-27.4	39	13.0	9.1-18.3	24	5.8	3.7- 8.9	21	5.5	3.4- 8.9	176	54.2	47.6-60.6
Eastern	927	192	21.0	18.0-24.3	126	13.2	10.8-16.0	130	14.4	11.9-17.3	53	5.1	3.7- 7.0	426	46.3	42.5-50.2

Total
Respond.^

1-12 months

1-2 years

2-5 years

> 5 years

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

7,314

1,432

20.0

18.9-21.2

1,009

14.4

13.4-15.5

1,095

14.9

14.0-16.0

446

5.4

4.8- 6.0

3,332

45.3

43.8-46.7

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

217

15.5

10.7-21.7

14.4

10.0-20.3

16.7

11.4-23.9

9.4

5.7-15.0

102

44.1

36.8-51.6

Buncombe

195

21.3

15.8-28.1

11.9

7.9-17.5

18.6

13.2-25.7

6.0

3.2-11.0

42.2

34.5-50.2

Cabarrus

199

17.2

11.9-24.2

12.7

8.5-18.5

15.4

10.7-21.6

4.8

2.4- 9.3

50.0

42.0-58.0

Catawba

192

17.4

12.3-24.0

10.8

6.9-16.4

12.1

7.9-18.0

3.8

1.8- 7.9

103

56.0

48.1-63.6

Cumberland

191

29.1

22.3-37.2

17.1

11.2-25.2

15.2

10.6-21.3

2.3

1.0- 5.2

36.2

29.0-44.2

Davidson

183

22.4

15.3-31.7

14.3

9.1-21.8

13.2

8.8-19.5

3.8

1.8- 8.0

46.2

37.8-54.8

Durham

164

19.2

13.3-26.9

19.8

13.9-27.5

15.6

10.3-23.0

3.5

1.5- 7.7

41.9

33.7-50.6

Forsyth

227

26.0

19.8-33.2

14.9

10.3-21.0

16.4

11.6-22.6

5.5

3.0- 9.7

37.3

30.5-44.6

Gaston

191

18.7

13.3-25.6

13.0

8.2-20.1

12.8

8.5-18.8

7.6

4.5-12.7

47.9

39.8-56.1

Guilford

223

18.9

13.6-25.8

21.5

15.8-28.4

20.0

14.6-26.6

4.6

2.6- 7.9

35.0

28.3-42.4

Iredell

217

12.1

8.3-17.4

13.7

9.0-20.4

12.2

8.1-17.8

7.2

4.4-11.5

116

54.8

47.3-62.1

Johnston

226

18.5

13.5-24.9

11.1

7.3-16.3

20.4

14.5-27.8

7.9

3.9-15.1

42.2

34.2-50.7

Mecklenburg

261

19.1

14.2-25.2

18.4

13.6-24.5

19.0

14.2-25.1

4.2

2.2- 7.7

102

39.3

32.7-46.3

New Hanover

192

25.2

19.0-32.5

11.3

7.3-17.1

22.3

16.4-29.7

6.1

3.4-10.6

35.2

28.1-42.9

Onslow

148

18.7

12.8-26.4

16.0

10.4-23.7

14.8

8.7-24.1

5.7

3.0-10.7

44.8

36.0-53.9

Orange

172

24.3

17.1-33.3

16.6

11.3-23.7

16.7

11.3-23.8

8.0

4.7-13.2

34.5

26.9-43.0

Pitt

148

18.5

12.6-26.4

16.2

10.3-24.5

17.9

12.0-26.0

3.0

1.2- 7.4

44.3

35.4-53.6

Randolph

178

19.7

14.1-26.8

18.5

12.5-26.4

16.2

11.0-23.3

7.4

3.9-13.4

38.2

30.1-47.1

Robeson

186

20.6

14.6-28.2

9.4

5.8-14.8

11.5

7.4-17.4

3.3

1.5- 7.3

55.3

47.0-63.2

Rowan

212

13.4

9.1-19.3

9.4

5.9-14.5

16.4

11.3-23.2

4.5

2.5- 8.0

114

56.3

48.6-63.7

Union

191

16.5

11.3-23.6

14.7

10.0-21.2

18.4

11.7-27.8

7.4

3.5-15.1

43.0

34.8-51.5

Wake

202

23.7

17.5-31.4

15.4

10.5-22.0

15.3

10.7-21.4

1.9

0.7- 4.9

43.7

35.9-51.8

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

196

26.3

19.9-33.9

10.4

6.9-15.6

13.4

8.7-20.0

4.5

2.4- 8.5

45.4

37.6-53.4

Northeast Partnership II

287

22.0

17.2-27.8

11.7

8.1-16.8

10.3

7.1-14.7

7.1

4.4-11.3

140

48.8

42.4-55.3

Northeast Partnership I

229

15.6

10.9-21.7

6.9

4.3-10.9

12.9

8.7-18.7

4.5

2.2- 8.7

136

60.2

52.8-67.0

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

206

24.6

18.4-32.1

11.8

7.4-18.4

6.9

3.6-13.0

3.9

1.9- 7.6

106

52.7

44.4-60.9

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

221

14.7

9.9-21.2

20.4

14.9-27.3

14.4

9.9-20.3

4.3

2.2- 8.3

46.2

38.5-54.1

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

228

18.6

13.6-24.9

16.7

11.7-23.2

12.3

8.5-17.5

6.3

3.6-10.8

104

46.2

39.0-53.5

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

202

19.1

13.9-25.6

9.7

6.2-14.9

6.8

4.1-11.2

6.7

3.6-12.2

110

57.6

49.9-64.9

Chatham/Lee/Moore

254

27.7

21.9-34.5

12.6

8.8-17.7

14.3

10.0-19.9

9.0

5.9-13.7

36.4

30.0-43.3

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

267

16.6

12.2-22.2

11.9

8.1-17.0

18.3

13.3-24.5

6.4

3.9-10.4

125

46.8

40.0-53.7

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

180

18.3

12.7-25.6

14.2

9.5-20.7

14.9

9.6-22.6

3.6

1.6- 8.2

48.9

40.7-57.2

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

196

16.8

11.4-24.1

11.1

7.1-17.1

12.4

8.5-17.9

6.3

3.1-12.2

53.4

44.1-62.3

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

203

19.6

14.2-26.4

12.7

8.6-18.3

10.8

6.9-16.5

5.9

3.3-10.4

51.0

43.3-58.7

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

330

16.6

12.2-22.1

13.6

9.5-19.2

14.7

10.7-19.8

7.6

4.7-12.2

167

47.5

41.0-54.1

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

572

113

20.3

16.8-24.3

9.8

7.4-12.8

11.3

8.8-14.4

5.3

3.6- 7.7

302

53.4

48.7-57.9

6,742

1,319

20.0

18.8-21.3

950

14.7

13.6-15.8

1,027

15.2

14.1-16.3

416

5.4

4.8- 6.1

3,030

44.7

43.2-46.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

2,468

518

21.2

19.3-23.2

329

13.9

12.2-15.7

353

13.8

12.3-15.5

145

5.1

4.2- 6.1

1,123

46.1

43.7-48.5

Piedmont

3,977

746

19.6

18.1-21.3

571

15.2

13.8-16.7

615

16.0

14.5-17.5

245

5.2

4.5- 6.0

1,800

44.0

42.0-45.9

Western NC

869

168

19.1

16.2-22.5

109

12.7

10.2-15.7

127

13.7

11.3-16.6

6.6

4.8- 9.0

409

47.9

43.8-52.0

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

515

17.9

14.2-22.2

13.2

9.9-17.5

16.1

12.6-20.2

7.4

4.9-10.9

238

45.5

40.2-50.8

Northwest

1,447

265

20.3

17.8-23.1

181

12.8

10.8-15.0

207

13.5

11.5-15.8

4.9

3.8- 6.4

711

48.5

45.4-51.7

Charlotte

1,032

186

18.0

15.2-21.2

151

15.4

12.8-18.4

171

17.2

14.4-20.4

5.5

4.1- 7.4

461

43.9

40.1-47.7

Greensboro

977

192

19.6

16.5-23.1

159

18.2

15.2-21.7

158

16.9

14.0-20.2

6.7

5.2- 8.8

393

38.5

34.7-42.5

Southern Regional

752

167

24.1

20.6-28.1

14.1

11.2-17.6

112

14.0

11.4-17.0

4.9

3.6- 6.7

327

42.9

38.7-47.2

Coastal

403

19.6

15.7-24.2

16.1

12.2-20.9

16.8

13.2-21.1

5.4

3.4- 8.4

168

42.2

36.7-47.8

Wake

887

179

20.8

17.4-24.7

128

13.9

11.2-17.2

136

15.4

12.6-18.7

3.5

2.4- 5.2

402

46.4

42.0-50.8

Area L

328

21.6

16.7-27.4

13.0

9.1-18.3

5.8

3.7- 8.9

5.5

3.4- 8.9

176

54.2

47.6-60.6

Eastern

927

192

21.0

18.0-24.3

126

13.2

10.8-16.0

130

14.4

11.9-17.3

5.1

3.7- 7.0

426

46.3

42.5-50.2

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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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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