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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 150 33 20.0 14.0-27.7 13 10.0 5.7-17.2 9 7.1 3.6-13.3 11 8.9 4.2-17.7 84 54.1 45.0-62.9
GENDER
Male 61 11 17.4 9.6-29.7 9 15.8 8.1-28.4 4 6.5 2.4-16.3 2 6.4 1.2-27.8 35 53.9 40.2-67.1
Female 89 22 22.6 14.7-33.2 4 4.0 1.4-10.6 5 7.7 3.1-17.9 9 11.5 5.7-21.7 49 54.2 42.5-65.5
RACE
White 122 30 22.7 15.7-31.7 8 8.5 4.1-16.8 8 7.6 3.7-14.7 7 8.1 3.1-19.5 69 53.1 43.0-62.9
Other 27 3 8.8 2.4-27.4 5 16.8 6.5-36.9 1 5.2 0.7-29.1 4 12.2 4.4-29.7 14 57.1 36.3-75.6
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 150 33 20.0 14.0-27.7 13 10.0 5.7-17.2 9 7.1 3.6-13.3 11 8.9 4.2-17.7 84 54.1 45.0-62.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 82 15 16.1 9.5-26.0 4 5.4 1.8-15.4 5 7.3 2.9-17.0 6 6.3 2.7-13.9 52 64.9 53.0-75.2
Some College + 67 18 24.2 14.9-36.9 9 15.0 7.7-27.2 4 6.9 2.6-17.3 4 10.7 3.3-29.2 32 43.2 30.5-56.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 21 21.0 13.4-31.3 7 9.3 4.2-19.3 7 10.2 4.9-20.1 7 10.1 3.7-24.7 50 49.3 37.8-60.9
$50,000+ 28 5 17.7 6.9-38.1 3 10.1 3.1-28.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.5 2.0-29.9 18 63.7 43.4-80.1

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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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