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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 267 44 16.6 12.2-22.2 31 11.9 8.1-17.0 47 18.3 13.3-24.5 20 6.4 3.9-10.4 125 46.8 40.0-53.7
GENDER
Male 104 20 18.2 11.6-27.5 14 13.5 7.9-22.2 18 20.4 12.5-31.3 5 4.9 2.0-11.7 47 43.0 32.8-53.8
Female 163 24 15.0 9.8-22.3 17 10.3 6.1-17.0 29 16.3 11.1-23.3 15 7.8 4.4-13.7 78 50.5 41.9-59.1
RACE
White 194 28 15.2 10.3-21.8 23 12.5 8.0-19.0 39 20.0 14.2-27.4 19 8.6 5.2-14.0 85 43.7 35.9-51.7
Other 73 16 20.2 11.8-32.4 8 10.3 4.9-20.4 8 13.9 6.2-28.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 40 54.9 41.5-67.6
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 267 44 16.6 12.2-22.2 31 11.9 8.1-17.0 47 18.3 13.3-24.5 20 6.4 3.9-10.4 125 46.8 40.0-53.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 25 15.5 10.2-22.9 18 10.0 6.1-15.9 29 17.4 11.4-25.6 10 4.3 2.1- 8.7 85 52.8 44.0-61.4
Some College + 100 19 18.2 11.4-27.9 13 14.8 8.3-25.0 18 19.6 12.0-30.3 10 9.6 4.9-18.1 40 37.8 27.9-48.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 25 15.5 10.1-23.0 16 9.2 5.3-15.5 28 19.4 13.0-27.9 8 3.7 1.6- 8.0 84 52.3 43.3-61.1
$50,000+ 45 5 12.9 5.3-28.2 7 15.5 7.3-29.9 9 23.3 11.7-41.2 5 11.0 4.4-24.8 19 37.3 23.6-53.4

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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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