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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 3,977 746 19.6 18.1-21.3 571 15.2 13.8-16.7 615 16.0 14.5-17.5 245 5.2 4.5- 6.0 1,800 44.0 42.0-45.9
GENDER
Male 1,408 294 22.4 19.7-25.3 222 16.8 14.5-19.4 191 14.9 12.7-17.4 77 4.5 3.4- 5.8 624 41.4 38.3-44.6
Female 2,569 452 17.1 15.5-19.0 349 13.8 12.2-15.6 424 16.9 15.2-18.9 168 5.9 4.9- 7.0 1,176 46.3 43.8-48.7
RACE
White 3,320 601 19.4 17.7-21.2 491 15.8 14.3-17.5 553 17.2 15.6-19.0 220 5.6 4.8- 6.6 1,455 41.9 39.8-44.1
African American 579 133 22.0 18.1-26.6 74 13.9 10.5-18.3 54 10.8 7.9-14.5 20 2.9 1.8- 4.8 298 50.3 45.2-55.4
Other Minorities 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 31.2 7.0-73.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 68.8 26.8-93.0
AGE
50-54 759 107 13.9 11.1-17.4 69 8.3 6.2-11.2 80 10.9 8.4-14.0 50 5.7 4.2- 7.9 453 61.1 56.7-65.3
55-64 1,382 260 20.0 17.3-23.0 217 17.0 14.6-19.7 220 17.0 14.6-19.8 69 4.0 3.1- 5.3 616 41.9 38.7-45.3
65-74 1,043 231 23.9 20.8-27.3 174 17.8 14.9-21.1 187 18.6 15.7-21.8 64 5.4 4.0- 7.2 387 34.4 30.8-38.1
75+ 793 148 19.9 16.4-23.9 111 16.4 13.3-20.0 128 16.2 13.2-19.8 62 6.9 5.1- 9.3 344 40.5 36.3-44.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 784 127 16.5 13.5-20.2 86 12.8 9.8-16.6 91 10.5 8.0-13.8 41 4.1 2.9- 5.8 439 56.0 51.4-60.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,155 213 17.9 15.4-20.8 159 14.1 11.8-16.8 176 15.7 13.2-18.7 67 4.7 3.5- 6.2 540 47.5 43.9-51.2
Some Post-H.S. 938 171 18.6 15.6-21.9 143 15.7 13.0-18.8 139 15.0 12.3-18.1 64 5.5 4.1- 7.2 421 45.3 41.3-49.4
College Graduate 1,093 235 23.8 20.6-27.3 182 17.2 14.5-20.3 209 20.0 17.1-23.2 73 6.1 4.6- 8.0 394 32.9 29.5-36.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 521 91 19.1 15.1-23.9 38 7.2 4.9-10.4 67 12.7 9.5-16.7 29 4.2 2.7- 6.3 296 56.8 51.4-62.1
$15,000- 24,999 670 120 17.2 13.9-21.0 87 14.3 10.9-18.5 99 15.0 11.9-18.8 45 5.8 4.1- 8.2 319 47.7 42.8-52.7
$25,000- 34,999 382 67 17.8 13.6-22.9 60 16.3 12.2-21.5 59 15.5 11.4-20.8 24 5.1 3.2- 8.2 172 45.2 39.1-51.5
$35,000- 49,999 477 98 24.0 19.2-29.5 68 14.0 10.5-18.4 73 14.3 11.0-18.4 32 6.3 4.3- 9.2 206 41.5 36.2-47.0
$50,000-74,999 422 86 23.3 18.5-29.0 78 18.1 14.0-23.0 66 14.8 11.1-19.4 21 4.8 2.9- 7.9 171 39.0 33.4-44.9
$75,000+ 503 94 17.3 13.7-21.7 94 19.8 15.8-24.5 87 20.0 15.9-24.9 34 5.4 3.7- 7.9 194 37.4 32.3-42.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,614 307 19.7 17.3-22.3 225 13.9 11.9-16.2 269 17.8 15.4-20.4 118 6.3 5.1- 7.9 695 42.2 39.2-45.3
No 2,280 426 19.6 17.5-21.8 338 16.1 14.2-18.2 336 14.9 13.1-16.8 122 4.5 3.7- 5.6 1,058 44.9 42.3-47.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 735 179 27.9 23.9-32.2 128 18.8 15.5-22.6 114 17.2 14.1-20.9 46 5.8 4.1- 8.0 268 30.3 26.7-34.2
Non-Veteran 3,236 566 17.1 15.5-18.8 442 14.1 12.6-15.7 498 15.6 14.0-17.3 199 5.0 4.3- 5.9 1,531 48.2 46.0-50.5
Currently Serving 5 1 30.7 4.6-80.4 1 28.6 4.1-78.9 2 22.6 4.6-64.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.1 2.3-67.4

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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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