BRFSS 2004 - New Hanover County: (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
-New Hanover County	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
GENDER
Male	74	22	30.9	20.8-43.3	8	9.5	4.6-18.4	15	21.9	13.4-33.8	4	4.5	1.6-11.9	25	33.2	22.7-45.7
Female	118	25	19.8	13.3-28.3	15	13.0	7.4-21.7	24	22.7	15.3-32.4	9	7.5	3.8-14.6	45	37.0	28.1-46.8
RACE
White	156	39	26.1	19.2-34.4	19	11.4	7.0-18.0	33	23.7	17.0-32.0	12	7.2	3.9-12.7	53	31.7	24.2-40.2
Other	34	8	21.9	10.2-41.1	4	11.1	3.7-28.7	6	17.3	7.3-35.6	0	0.0	. - .	16	49.7	32.0-67.5
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	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
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	67	12	21.0	11.8-34.7	10	15.6	8.0-28.1	7	12.1	5.6-24.0	4	5.0	1.7-14.0	34	46.3	33.9-59.3
Some College +	124	35	27.4	19.8-36.7	13	9.1	5.0-15.8	32	27.9	19.9-37.5	9	6.7	3.4-12.8	35	29.0	20.8-38.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	95	24	23.2	15.2-33.6	15	15.2	8.8-24.9	21	23.2	15.1-33.9	4	4.2	1.5-10.8	31	34.4	24.3-46.1
$50,000+	44	11	27.5	15.6-43.8	3	8.8	2.9-24.0	8	19.8	10.1-35.3	4	5.9	2.1-15.6	18	37.9	24.4-53.6

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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
-New Hanover County	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
GENDER
Male	74	22	30.9	20.8-43.3	8	9.5	4.6-18.4	15	21.9	13.4-33.8	4	4.5	1.6-11.9	25	33.2	22.7-45.7
Female	118	25	19.8	13.3-28.3	15	13.0	7.4-21.7	24	22.7	15.3-32.4	9	7.5	3.8-14.6	45	37.0	28.1-46.8
RACE
White	156	39	26.1	19.2-34.4	19	11.4	7.0-18.0	33	23.7	17.0-32.0	12	7.2	3.9-12.7	53	31.7	24.2-40.2
Other	34	8	21.9	10.2-41.1	4	11.1	3.7-28.7	6	17.3	7.3-35.6	0	0.0	. - .	16	49.7	32.0-67.5
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	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
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	67	12	21.0	11.8-34.7	10	15.6	8.0-28.1	7	12.1	5.6-24.0	4	5.0	1.7-14.0	34	46.3	33.9-59.3
Some College +	124	35	27.4	19.8-36.7	13	9.1	5.0-15.8	32	27.9	19.9-37.5	9	6.7	3.4-12.8	35	29.0	20.8-38.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	95	24	23.2	15.2-33.6	15	15.2	8.8-24.9	21	23.2	15.1-33.9	4	4.2	1.5-10.8	31	34.4	24.3-46.1
$50,000+	44	11	27.5	15.6-43.8	3	8.8	2.9-24.0	8	19.8	10.1-35.3	4	5.9	2.1-15.6	18	37.9	24.4-53.6

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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