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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 191 58 31.1 24.3-38.8 23 13.0 8.5-19.4 15 8.3 4.9-13.7 7 3.2 1.4- 7.2 88 44.4 36.8-52.2
GENDER
Male 74 22 30.2 20.2-42.5 9 13.4 7.0-24.1 6 8.7 3.9-18.5 2 2.5 0.6-10.1 35 45.2 33.5-57.4
Female 117 36 31.9 23.3-41.9 14 12.7 7.3-21.3 9 7.9 3.9-15.1 5 3.9 1.4-10.2 53 43.6 34.1-53.7
RACE
White 156 45 28.8 21.7-37.2 19 13.3 8.3-20.5 13 9.1 5.2-15.4 7 3.9 1.7- 8.8 72 44.9 36.5-53.6
Other 33 13 42.5 25.4-61.5 4 12.5 4.3-31.2 2 5.1 1.1-19.8 0 0.0 . - . 14 40.0 23.8-58.7
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 191 58 31.1 24.3-38.8 23 13.0 8.5-19.4 15 8.3 4.9-13.7 7 3.2 1.4- 7.2 88 44.4 36.8-52.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 67 19 28.5 18.0-41.9 9 15.1 7.7-27.5 5 7.2 2.8-17.1 5 4.5 1.7-11.3 29 44.8 32.3-58.0
Some College + 123 39 32.7 24.2-42.5 14 12.0 6.9-20.0 10 8.9 4.7-16.3 2 2.5 0.6- 9.4 58 43.9 34.5-53.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 91 31 35.1 25.0-46.8 10 10.7 5.4-19.9 7 8.7 3.9-18.0 2 1.2 0.3- 5.4 41 44.4 33.4-56.0
$50,000+ 44 10 23.4 12.7-39.1 7 17.4 8.3-32.9 4 9.9 3.7-24.0 2 3.9 0.8-16.6 21 45.3 30.6-60.8

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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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