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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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

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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 7,314 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
-Onslow County 148 30 18.7 12.8-26.4 22 16.0 10.4-23.7 17 14.8 8.7-24.1 10 5.7 3.0-10.7 69 44.8 36.0-53.9
GENDER
Male 58 14 21.4 12.5-34.2 15 24.0 14.5-36.9 7 16.3 7.2-33.0 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 21 36.5 24.4-50.6
Female 90 16 16.0 9.5-25.7 7 8.0 3.4-17.4 10 13.3 6.9-24.1 9 9.7 4.9-18.0 48 53.1 41.5-64.4
RACE
White 119 27 20.9 14.1-29.9 20 17.7 11.3-26.6 14 17.1 9.7-28.4 7 5.1 2.3-10.7 51 39.2 29.9-49.3
Other 28 3 10.1 3.0-29.3 2 9.6 2.4-31.3 3 5.9 1.8-17.6 3 8.5 2.6-24.6 17 65.9 45.5-81.8
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 148 30 18.7 12.8-26.4 22 16.0 10.4-23.7 17 14.8 8.7-24.1 10 5.7 3.0-10.7 69 44.8 36.0-53.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 81 14 15.5 8.9-25.5 14 18.5 10.8-29.7 5 5.2 2.0-12.9 5 6.3 2.5-14.9 43 54.4 42.5-65.9
Some College + 66 16 22.2 13.2-34.9 8 13.5 6.6-25.6 12 24.9 13.7-40.7 5 5.2 2.1-12.5 25 34.3 22.8-48.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 16 16.8 9.9-27.2 11 13.2 7.2-23.1 10 16.3 8.0-30.2 8 7.7 3.7-15.4 47 46.0 34.7-57.6
$50,000+ 27 7 23.1 10.8-42.8 4 16.5 6.1-37.9 3 11.9 3.5-33.7 2 5.7 1.4-20.4 11 42.7 24.7-62.9

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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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