BRFSS 2004 - Union County: (How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?*)

	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-5 years	> 5 years	Never
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
-Union County	191	31	16.5	11.3-23.6	30	14.7	10.0-21.2	32	18.4	11.7-27.8	12	7.4	3.5-15.1	86	43.0	34.8-51.5
GENDER
Male	56	13	24.6	14.1-39.4	10	13.0	6.5-24.3	6	14.8	4.5-39.1	1	1.7	0.2-11.2	26	45.9	31.2-61.3
Female	135	18	11.4	6.8-18.5	20	15.8	9.8-24.4	26	20.7	13.6-30.2	11	11.0	5.0-22.5	60	41.1	31.8-51.1
RACE
White	179	29	16.8	11.4-24.3	26	13.8	9.0-20.4	31	18.9	11.8-28.8	12	7.9	3.7-16.0	81	42.6	34.2-51.5
Other	12	2	11.8	2.6-40.4	4	28.8	9.9-59.8	1	11.3	1.6-50.2	0	0.0	. - .	5	48.1	20.9-76.5
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	191	31	16.5	11.3-23.6	30	14.7	10.0-21.2	32	18.4	11.7-27.8	12	7.4	3.5-15.1	86	43.0	34.8-51.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	16	19.8	11.5-31.9	15	20.9	12.4-33.2	15	17.2	10.3-27.5	4	3.8	1.3-10.1	31	38.3	27.3-50.7
Some College +	110	15	14.7	8.6-24.0	15	11.2	6.4-19.0	17	19.1	10.0-33.3	8	9.4	3.8-21.3	55	45.6	34.5-57.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	83	14	18.8	10.7-31.1	11	13.7	7.3-24.1	16	21.7	12.9-34.4	7	5.7	2.6-12.1	35	40.1	28.9-52.4
$50,000+	56	6	11.1	4.6-24.4	8	12.6	5.8-25.4	9	21.1	8.3-44.3	3	5.8	1.9-16.7	30	49.3	33.3-65.5

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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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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months			1-2 years			2-5 years			> 5 years			Never
	Total Respond.^	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
-Union County	191	31	16.5	11.3-23.6	30	14.7	10.0-21.2	32	18.4	11.7-27.8	12	7.4	3.5-15.1	86	43.0	34.8-51.5
GENDER
Male	56	13	24.6	14.1-39.4	10	13.0	6.5-24.3	6	14.8	4.5-39.1	1	1.7	0.2-11.2	26	45.9	31.2-61.3
Female	135	18	11.4	6.8-18.5	20	15.8	9.8-24.4	26	20.7	13.6-30.2	11	11.0	5.0-22.5	60	41.1	31.8-51.1
RACE
White	179	29	16.8	11.4-24.3	26	13.8	9.0-20.4	31	18.9	11.8-28.8	12	7.9	3.7-16.0	81	42.6	34.2-51.5
Other	12	2	11.8	2.6-40.4	4	28.8	9.9-59.8	1	11.3	1.6-50.2	0	0.0	. - .	5	48.1	20.9-76.5
AGE
18-44	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
45+	191	31	16.5	11.3-23.6	30	14.7	10.0-21.2	32	18.4	11.7-27.8	12	7.4	3.5-15.1	86	43.0	34.8-51.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	16	19.8	11.5-31.9	15	20.9	12.4-33.2	15	17.2	10.3-27.5	4	3.8	1.3-10.1	31	38.3	27.3-50.7
Some College +	110	15	14.7	8.6-24.0	15	11.2	6.4-19.0	17	19.1	10.0-33.3	8	9.4	3.8-21.3	55	45.6	34.5-57.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	83	14	18.8	10.7-31.1	11	13.7	7.3-24.1	16	21.7	12.9-34.4	7	5.7	2.6-12.1	35	40.1	28.9-52.4
$50,000+	56	6	11.1	4.6-24.4	8	12.6	5.8-25.4	9	21.1	8.3-44.3	3	5.8	1.9-16.7	30	49.3	33.3-65.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Colorectal Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?*