BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren): (How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?*)

	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
-NE 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
GENDER
Male	83	14	16.4	9.5-27.0	8	6.4	3.1-12.8	9	12.8	6.6-23.2	2	2.7	0.7-10.2	50	61.7	49.9-72.2
Female	146	23	14.8	9.4-22.5	11	7.3	3.9-13.4	19	13.0	8.2-20.1	7	6.1	2.8-12.9	86	58.8	49.7-67.3
RACE
White	113	19	17.3	10.5-27.0	13	10.4	5.8-17.7	18	16.8	10.4-26.1	6	5.2	2.2-11.6	57	50.4	40.3-60.5
Other	116	18	14.1	8.5-22.6	6	3.9	1.7- 8.8	10	9.6	4.9-17.8	3	3.9	1.3-11.3	79	68.5	58.3-77.2
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	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
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	154	19	13.4	8.1-21.3	11	5.5	3.0-10.0	16	10.0	5.9-16.3	4	3.2	1.1- 8.7	104	68.0	59.2-75.7
Some College +	75	18	19.7	11.9-30.9	8	9.6	4.6-18.8	12	18.5	10.3-31.1	5	6.9	2.8-16.3	32	45.2	33.1-57.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	145	21	14.7	9.1-22.8	12	6.7	3.7-11.7	15	12.0	7.0-19.8	5	3.6	1.4- 9.1	92	63.0	53.8-71.4
$50,000+	23	8	34.0	16.9-56.6	1	5.4	0.8-30.0	4	14.9	5.3-35.6	1	5.4	0.8-30.0	9	40.3	21.5-62.5

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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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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months			1-2 years			2-5 years			> 5 years			Never
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	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
-NE 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
GENDER
Male	83	14	16.4	9.5-27.0	8	6.4	3.1-12.8	9	12.8	6.6-23.2	2	2.7	0.7-10.2	50	61.7	49.9-72.2
Female	146	23	14.8	9.4-22.5	11	7.3	3.9-13.4	19	13.0	8.2-20.1	7	6.1	2.8-12.9	86	58.8	49.7-67.3
RACE
White	113	19	17.3	10.5-27.0	13	10.4	5.8-17.7	18	16.8	10.4-26.1	6	5.2	2.2-11.6	57	50.4	40.3-60.5
Other	116	18	14.1	8.5-22.6	6	3.9	1.7- 8.8	10	9.6	4.9-17.8	3	3.9	1.3-11.3	79	68.5	58.3-77.2
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	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
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	154	19	13.4	8.1-21.3	11	5.5	3.0-10.0	16	10.0	5.9-16.3	4	3.2	1.1- 8.7	104	68.0	59.2-75.7
Some College +	75	18	19.7	11.9-30.9	8	9.6	4.6-18.8	12	18.5	10.3-31.1	5	6.9	2.8-16.3	32	45.2	33.1-57.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	145	21	14.7	9.1-22.8	12	6.7	3.7-11.7	15	12.0	7.0-19.8	5	3.6	1.4- 9.1	92	63.0	53.8-71.4
$50,000+	23	8	34.0	16.9-56.6	1	5.4	0.8-30.0	4	14.9	5.3-35.6	1	5.4	0.8-30.0	9	40.3	21.5-62.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

Colorectal Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?*