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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,295 275 22.9 20.1-26.0 175 12.7 10.7-15.0 220 16.5 14.1-19.2 61 4.0 3.0- 5.5 564 43.9 40.3-47.5
GENDER
Male 387 91 25.0 20.0-30.7 51 11.8 8.7-15.9 52 12.7 9.3-17.1 17 4.2 2.4- 7.3 176 46.3 39.9-52.9
Female 908 184 21.4 18.3-24.8 124 13.4 10.9-16.2 168 19.3 16.2-22.8 44 3.9 2.8- 5.4 388 42.1 38.2-46.0
AGE
50-54 277 43 15.5 10.8-21.6 33 10.8 7.2-15.9 32 10.4 6.8-15.5 7 2.1 0.9- 5.1 162 61.2 53.3-68.6
55-64 473 112 25.6 20.9-30.8 64 13.8 10.5-18.1 89 19.6 15.5-24.5 25 4.5 2.6- 7.4 183 36.5 31.2-42.1
65-74 347 79 25.9 20.3-32.5 54 15.0 11.0-20.2 65 20.7 15.4-27.2 15 3.3 1.8- 5.7 134 35.1 29.3-41.5
75+ 198 41 24.6 17.7-33.1 24 10.4 6.7-15.7 34 13.9 9.4-20.1 14 6.9 3.8-12.1 85 44.2 36.1-52.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 402 84 22.7 17.9-28.3 44 10.9 7.8-15.2 46 10.4 7.4-14.4 15 4.7 2.5- 8.7 213 51.3 45.3-57.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 440 85 21.7 17.0-27.3 65 13.7 10.4-17.9 73 14.3 10.8-18.8 16 3.0 1.7- 5.0 201 47.2 41.3-53.3
Some Post-H.S. 244 57 22.4 16.4-29.7 33 11.2 7.2-16.8 44 21.4 15.1-29.2 17 4.9 2.7- 8.6 93 40.2 30.7-50.5
College Graduate 205 48 26.5 19.6-34.8 32 15.6 10.6-22.5 56 26.5 19.7-34.5 13 4.0 2.1- 7.6 56 27.3 20.4-35.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 324 60 19.2 14.4-25.1 39 10.4 7.2-14.8 40 12.0 8.4-16.9 10 3.6 1.7- 7.8 175 54.7 47.9-61.4
$15,000- 24,999 298 54 19.8 14.5-26.4 37 13.3 9.2-18.9 47 13.0 9.2-17.9 21 6.8 4.0-11.6 139 47.1 39.8-54.5
$25,000- 34,999 172 40 25.1 17.8-34.2 26 15.5 9.9-23.4 26 14.9 9.8-22.0 8 3.1 1.4- 6.6 72 41.4 32.7-50.8
$35,000- 49,999 122 32 33.2 23.7-44.3 22 14.6 8.8-23.3 31 21.9 14.3-32.0 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8 32 28.0 19.3-38.7
$50,000-74,999 92 23 20.7 13.0-31.4 9 11.6 5.7-22.3 27 28.6 18.9-40.8 5 4.6 1.5-13.8 28 34.4 23.2-47.8
$75,000+ 58 12 17.9 8.6-33.7 16 20.5 10.8-35.6 13 18.5 8.9-34.5 2 1.7 0.3- 8.7 15 41.4 20.7-65.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 647 145 24.4 20.4-28.9 93 13.6 10.7-17.1 95 14.5 11.6-18.1 31 4.7 3.0- 7.1 283 42.8 38.1-47.6
No 614 122 21.0 17.1-25.4 81 12.3 9.6-15.6 123 18.9 15.2-23.3 28 3.5 2.2- 5.5 260 44.3 38.8-50.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 154 47 28.5 20.6-38.1 25 11.8 7.4-18.3 29 19.2 12.7-28.1 12 7.6 3.8-14.7 41 32.9 22.3-45.5
Non-Veteran 1,137 227 21.6 18.7-24.9 150 12.9 10.8-15.5 188 15.7 13.3-18.5 49 3.3 2.4- 4.4 523 46.5 42.8-50.2

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*This question was asked only of respondents age 50 and older and reported having sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy exam - 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.

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