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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,273 | 2,392 | 70.8 | 68.9-72.6 | 881 | 29.2 | 27.4-31.1 |
| -Western NC | 512 | 354 | 65.7 | 60.8-70.4 | 158 | 34.3 | 29.6-39.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 207 | 134 | 61.9 | 54.0-69.2 | 73 | 38.1 | 30.8-46.0 |
| Female | 305 | 220 | 68.9 | 62.5-74.6 | 85 | 31.1 | 25.4-37.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 480 | 337 | 66.8 | 61.8-71.6 | 143 | 33.2 | 28.4-38.2 |
| Other minorities | 31 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 50-54 | 60 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 212 | 145 | 66.5 | 59.2-73.2 | 67 | 33.5 | 26.8-40.8 |
| 65-74 | 223 | 171 | 74.9 | 67.8-80.9 | 52 | 25.1 | 19.1-32.2 |
| 75 | 17 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 64 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 157 | 102 | 66.4 | 57.7-74.0 | 55 | 33.6 | 26.0-42.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 129 | 85 | 61.7 | 51.9-70.7 | 44 | 38.3 | 29.3-48.1 |
| College Graduate | 161 | 132 | 81.6 | 74.3-87.1 | 29 | 18.4 | 12.9-25.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 90 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 51 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 146 | 115 | 73.8 | 64.5-81.4 | 31 | 26.2 | 18.6-35.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 186 | 137 | 71.4 | 63.4-78.3 | 49 | 28.6 | 21.7-36.6 |
| No | 324 | 215 | 62.1 | 55.8-68.1 | 109 | 37.9 | 31.9-44.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 83 | 64 | 76.7 | 65.2-85.2 | 19 | 23.3 | 14.8-34.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 429 | 290 | 63.7 | 58.2-68.9 | 139 | 36.3 | 31.1-41.8 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||
| Yes | 422 | 284 | 64.1 | 58.6-69.3 | 138 | 35.9 | 30.7-41.4 |
| No | 90 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 25.0 | 16.0-36.9 |
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*The definition includes: 1) had a blood stool test in past year, or 2) had a sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years AND
a blood stool test within the past 3 years, or 3) had a colonoscopy within the past 10 years.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^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.
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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