2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,908 2,917 39.8 38.3-41.3 3,991 60.2 58.7-61.7
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,134 448 37.0 33.3-40.8 686 63.0 59.2-66.7
GENDER
Male 373 134 32.2 26.6-38.3 239 67.8 61.7-73.4
Female 761 314 40.8 36.2-45.7 447 59.2 54.3-63.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,127 447 37.1 33.4-40.9 680 62.9 59.1-66.6
AGE
50-54 222 58 24.1 17.6-32.1 164 75.9 67.9-82.4
55-64 443 177 38.6 33.0-44.5 266 61.4 55.5-67.0
65-74 303 140 46.3 38.6-54.1 163 53.7 45.9-61.4
75+ 166 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 241 82 30.9 23.8-39.0 159 69.1 61.0-76.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 354 126 35.7 29.3-42.7 228 64.3 57.3-70.7
Some Post-H.S. 303 129 39.6 32.8-46.8 174 60.4 53.2-67.2
College Graduate 231 109 44.8 36.3-53.6 122 55.2 46.4-63.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 240 95 36.3 28.5-44.9 145 63.7 55.1-71.5
$15,000- 24,999 238 93 42.3 33.8-51.2 145 57.7 48.8-66.2
$25,000- 34,999 149 58 37.6 28.5-47.6 91 62.4 52.4-71.5
$35,000- 49,999 127 49 31.9 23.2-42.0 78 68.1 58.0-76.8
$50,000- 74,999 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 425 176 39.0 32.9-45.5 249 61.0 54.5-67.1
No 704 272 36.0 31.5-40.7 432 64.0 59.3-68.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 170 76 42.5 33.5-52.0 94 57.5 48.0-66.5
Non-Veteran 963 372 35.8 31.9-40.0 591 64.2 60.0-68.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 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.

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