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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 189 58 31.4 24.1-39.7 33 19.4 12.6-28.8 19 11.0 6.2-18.9 10 5.2 2.6-10.3 69 33.0 25.8-41.1
GENDER
Male 58 22 34.0 22.0-48.6 12 27.2 14.0-46.2 2 3.7 0.9-14.6 1 2.4 0.3-15.4 21 32.6 20.8-47.2
Female 131 36 29.6 21.0-39.9 21 14.2 8.9-21.8 17 16.0 8.7-27.5 9 7.1 3.4-14.3 48 33.2 24.8-43.0
RACE
White 176 53 30.5 23.0-39.2 32 20.6 13.3-30.5 18 11.3 6.2-19.6 9 4.8 2.2-10.0 64 32.8 25.3-41.2
Other 13 5 42.6 18.1-71.3 1 3.5 0.5-22.2 1 7.5 1.0-38.7 1 10.6 1.5-48.0 5 35.9 13.9-66.0
AGE
18-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45+ 189 58 31.4 24.1-39.7 33 19.4 12.6-28.8 19 11.0 6.2-18.9 10 5.2 2.6-10.3 69 33.0 25.8-41.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 81 25 33.9 23.3-46.5 15 16.7 9.5-27.7 7 9.5 4.2-20.1 5 5.7 2.2-14.1 29 34.2 23.8-46.4
Some College + 108 33 29.9 20.7-41.1 18 21.0 11.8-34.7 12 11.9 5.6-23.6 5 4.9 1.8-12.6 40 32.3 23.1-43.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 82 28 39.7 28.1-52.7 12 13.0 7.0-22.8 8 11.4 5.4-22.6 3 2.3 0.7- 7.3 31 33.6 23.3-45.8
$50,000+ 57 14 22.5 12.4-37.3 11 25.5 11.8-46.8 7 9.5 4.0-20.8 5 8.8 3.2-21.8 20 33.7 21.0-49.3

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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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