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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 blood stool test using a home kit?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years > 5 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 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
-NE Partnership I 224 64 30.0 23.5-37.4 16 6.9 4.1-11.3 15 6.3 3.5-11.0 12 4.7 2.5- 8.7 117 52.1 44.7-59.4
GENDER
Male 82 24 32.6 22.3-44.9 5 5.4 2.2-12.8 4 4.7 1.7-12.3 3 3.1 0.9- 9.6 46 54.2 42.4-65.6
Female 142 40 27.5 20.2-36.2 11 8.3 4.4-14.8 11 7.8 3.9-15.1 9 6.3 3.0-12.7 71 50.1 41.1-59.1
RACE
White 113 34 28.9 20.5-39.0 9 8.7 4.4-16.5 7 5.5 2.4-12.0 6 3.9 1.6- 9.4 57 53.0 42.8-62.9
Other 111 30 31.0 21.7-42.1 7 5.1 2.3-11.0 8 7.1 3.2-15.0 6 5.5 2.3-12.3 60 51.3 40.8-61.8
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 224 64 30.0 23.5-37.4 16 6.9 4.1-11.3 15 6.3 3.5-11.0 12 4.7 2.5- 8.7 117 52.1 44.7-59.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 41 29.6 21.8-38.8 8 4.7 2.2- 9.7 9 6.6 3.2-13.2 10 5.2 2.6-10.1 82 53.9 44.8-62.8
Some College + 74 23 30.7 20.1-43.9 8 10.9 5.3-21.0 6 5.8 2.4-13.6 2 3.8 1.0-14.1 35 48.8 36.4-61.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 143 37 26.6 19.0-35.7 8 5.4 2.6-10.9 11 8.2 4.2-15.2 8 5.3 2.5-10.9 79 54.6 45.3-63.6
$50,000+ 22 5 27.1 11.5-51.4 4 18.8 7.0-41.5 2 5.7 1.3-21.8 0 0.0 . - . 11 48.5 27.8-69.7

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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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