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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 172 37 24.3 17.1-33.3 30 16.6 11.3-23.7 30 16.7 11.3-23.8 15 8.0 4.7-13.2 60 34.5 26.9-43.0
GENDER
Male 62 11 22.8 11.8-39.6 15 24.6 14.9-37.9 8 12.3 6.1-23.5 5 6.9 2.7-16.2 23 33.4 22.0-47.1
Female 110 26 25.5 17.4-35.8 15 9.7 5.5-16.4 22 20.4 12.9-30.6 10 9.0 4.7-16.3 37 35.4 25.9-46.3
RACE
White 142 29 25.1 16.9-35.4 24 15.7 10.1-23.5 28 18.9 12.7-27.2 13 8.5 4.8-14.6 48 31.9 23.9-41.1
Other 29 8 21.4 9.4-41.5 6 20.8 9.0-41.1 2 7.3 1.7-26.4 2 5.9 1.4-21.4 11 44.6 25.8-65.0
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 172 37 24.3 17.1-33.3 30 16.6 11.3-23.7 30 16.7 11.3-23.8 15 8.0 4.7-13.2 60 34.5 26.9-43.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 9 27.5 13.2-48.5 9 19.1 9.4-35.0 5 13.4 4.7-32.8 2 4.7 1.1-17.9 17 35.3 21.3-52.3
Some College + 130 28 23.0 15.5-32.8 21 15.5 9.7-23.9 25 17.9 12.0-25.9 13 9.3 5.3-15.8 43 34.2 25.4-44.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 61 11 24.5 12.3-42.7 13 20.0 11.1-33.4 9 11.9 5.9-22.8 6 8.0 3.4-17.6 22 35.6 22.9-50.7
$50,000+ 73 16 26.1 15.6-40.3 13 15.8 8.5-27.3 13 16.2 9.3-26.8 7 10.1 4.7-20.1 24 31.9 21.1-45.0

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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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