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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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 II 290 77 27.2 21.7-33.4 25 9.0 6.0-13.3 13 2.8 1.6- 5.0 25 7.6 4.9-11.5 150 53.4 47.0-59.7
GENDER
Male 93 25 27.3 18.7-37.9 9 8.8 4.5-16.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 7 7.1 3.2-15.0 51 56.2 45.3-66.5
Female 197 52 27.1 20.5-34.8 16 9.2 5.5-14.9 12 4.5 2.5- 8.0 18 7.9 4.8-12.7 99 51.4 43.6-59.1
RACE
White 197 52 24.9 19.0-31.9 20 11.2 7.2-17.1 9 3.1 1.6- 6.1 18 8.5 5.1-13.8 98 52.3 44.7-59.8
Other 93 25 31.2 21.1-43.4 5 5.1 2.0-12.3 4 2.3 0.8- 6.2 7 5.9 2.6-12.8 52 55.5 43.8-66.6
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 290 77 27.2 21.7-33.4 25 9.0 6.0-13.3 13 2.8 1.6- 5.0 25 7.6 4.9-11.5 150 53.4 47.0-59.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 41 23.6 17.2-31.5 12 6.5 3.6-11.5 8 3.0 1.5- 6.1 17 8.5 5.0-14.2 92 58.3 49.9-66.2
Some College + 120 36 32.2 23.4-42.5 13 12.6 7.2-20.9 5 2.6 1.0- 6.3 8 6.2 2.9-12.6 58 46.5 36.8-56.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 46 26.5 19.6-34.7 14 8.4 4.9-14.0 10 3.6 1.9- 6.8 15 7.1 4.1-12.0 87 54.5 46.0-62.7
$50,000+ 45 17 37.9 24.2-53.8 3 8.2 2.7-22.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5 4 9.6 3.3-24.8 20 43.3 28.8-59.1

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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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