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1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | > 5 years | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 9,418 | 1,630 | 16.8 | 15.9-17.8 | 762 | 8.0 | 7.4- 8.7 | 521 | 4.9 | 4.4- 5.5 | 1,663 | 16.9 | 15.9-17.8 | 4,842 | 53.4 | 52.1-54.7 |
-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES | 916 | 150 | 15.5 | 12.8-18.6 | 76 | 8.4 | 6.4-10.9 | 41 | 4.3 | 2.9- 6.4 | 120 | 13.5 | 10.7-16.7 | 529 | 58.4 | 54.1-62.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
50-54 | 191 | 27 | 14.6 | 9.1-22.6 | 12 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.2 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.5 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.7 | 137 | 75.8 | 67.4-82.5 |
55-64 | 304 | 48 | 17.1 | 12.6-23.0 | 27 | 10.4 | 6.8-15.5 | 9 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.4 | 43 | 13.0 | 9.0-18.5 | 177 | 56.5 | 49.4-63.3 |
65-74 | 252 | 52 | 16.7 | 12.1-22.6 | 26 | 10.3 | 6.5-15.9 | 15 | 8.0 | 4.2-14.7 | 41 | 21.5 | 15.4-29.3 | 118 | 43.5 | 36.0-51.3 |
75+ | 169 | 23 | 12.7 | 8.0-19.5 | 11 | 9.3 | 4.6-17.8 | 14 | 7.1 | 3.8-12.9 | 24 | 17.7 | 10.4-28.6 | 97 | 53.2 | 43.3-62.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 252 | 44 | 16.7 | 11.8-23.0 | 17 | 7.6 | 4.4-12.8 | 13 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.3 | 25 | 11.0 | 6.6-18.0 | 153 | 60.9 | 53.1-68.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 307 | 43 | 12.9 | 9.1-18.0 | 32 | 10.4 | 6.9-15.4 | 12 | 6.3 | 3.2-12.1 | 42 | 11.8 | 8.0-17.0 | 178 | 58.6 | 51.4-65.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 189 | 30 | 14.1 | 8.9-21.7 | 13 | 5.6 | 2.9-10.5 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.5 | 27 | 15.3 | 9.3-24.3 | 112 | 62.2 | 52.5-71.0 |
College Graduate | 167 | 33 | 20.0 | 13.2-29.2 | 14 | 9.4 | 4.7-17.8 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.7- 7.2 | 26 | 17.2 | 11.3-25.4 | 85 | 49.9 | 39.8-60.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 225 | 40 | 15.9 | 10.8-22.9 | 17 | 6.4 | 3.4-11.5 | 14 | 6.5 | 3.0-13.6 | 27 | 11.6 | 6.9-19.0 | 127 | 59.5 | 50.8-67.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 208 | 31 | 10.9 | 7.2-16.2 | 18 | 10.0 | 5.9-16.5 | 9 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.5 | 33 | 17.8 | 11.1-27.2 | 117 | 57.4 | 48.1-66.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 100 | 12 | 10.8 | 5.5-20.1 | 9 | 6.3 | 3.1-12.4 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.6-11.0 | 17 | 18.1 | 10.0-30.7 | 57 | 60.5 | 47.8-72.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 89 | 14 | 12.5 | 6.7-22.1 | 9 | 10.0 | 4.3-21.7 | 4 | 6.0 | 1.9-17.1 | 9 | 7.7 | 3.6-15.7 | 53 | 63.8 | 50.6-75.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 69 | 11 | 13.5 | 6.9-24.9 | 5 | 6.1 | 2.1-16.0 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.7 | 9 | 18.7 | 9.4-33.7 | 42 | 59.4 | 45.0-72.4 |
$75,000+ | 57 | 20 | 38.8 | 24.6-55.2 | 5 | 8.1 | 3.0-20.2 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.6- 8.8 | 6 | 11.3 | 4.7-24.6 | 24 | 39.5 | 25.3-55.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 466 | 82 | 16.0 | 12.4-20.4 | 37 | 6.6 | 4.5- 9.6 | 25 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.2 | 62 | 13.0 | 9.2-18.1 | 260 | 58.7 | 52.7-64.5 |
No | 428 | 63 | 14.8 | 10.9-19.7 | 39 | 10.5 | 7.2-14.9 | 16 | 3.2 | 1.7- 6.0 | 56 | 13.7 | 10.1-18.3 | 254 | 57.8 | 51.6-63.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 15 | 2 | 24.2 | 5.2-64.9 | 2 | 14.2 | 2.6-50.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 28.2 | 4.6-76.0 | 10 | 33.4 | 11.8-65.3 |
Non-Veteran | 901 | 148 | 15.2 | 12.6-18.3 | 74 | 8.2 | 6.2-10.8 | 41 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.6 | 119 | 13.1 | 10.5-16.1 | 519 | 59.0 | 54.8-63.1 |
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*This question was asked only of those who reported having a blood stool test
and those respondents who were not asked formed the NEVER category.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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