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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 172 53 29.1 22.2-37.3 23 13.5 8.2-21.5 9 7.3 3.5-14.6 9 4.1 2.1- 8.2 78 45.8 37.4-54.6
GENDER
Male 61 17 26.8 16.4-40.6 7 10.8 5.0-21.7 6 13.5 5.8-28.4 3 2.9 0.9- 8.8 28 46.0 32.8-59.7
Female 111 36 30.9 22.2-41.2 16 15.7 8.2-27.8 3 2.5 0.7- 8.9 6 5.1 2.1-11.7 50 45.8 35.1-56.9
RACE
White 142 43 30.4 22.6-39.6 19 11.8 7.3-18.4 9 9.3 4.5-18.2 9 5.3 2.6-10.3 62 43.2 34.3-52.7
Other 29 10 24.8 12.3-43.5 4 20.6 6.2-50.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 15 54.7 33.1-74.7
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 172 53 29.1 22.2-37.3 23 13.5 8.2-21.5 9 7.3 3.5-14.6 9 4.1 2.1- 8.2 78 45.8 37.4-54.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 43 8 17.8 8.5-33.7 7 20.6 8.3-42.8 2 3.9 0.8-16.6 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8 25 56.2 38.2-72.7
Some College + 129 45 33.7 25.3-43.4 16 10.7 6.3-17.3 7 8.7 3.9-18.5 8 5.2 2.5-10.7 53 41.6 32.3-51.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 62 17 20.5 12.2-32.4 7 16.7 6.5-36.4 2 4.3 1.1-15.8 4 4.1 1.5-10.8 32 54.5 39.4-68.8
$50,000+ 73 23 30.9 20.3-44.0 12 14.3 7.9-24.5 6 12.7 5.3-27.5 4 4.2 1.5-11.2 28 37.8 26.3-50.9

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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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