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Total Respond.^ |
Sigmoidoscopy | Colonoscopy | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 4,965 | 187 | 3.0 | 2.6- 3.6 | 4,778 | 97.0 | 96.4-97.4 |
-FEMALES | 3,173 | 120 | 3.1 | 2.5- 3.8 | 3,053 | 96.9 | 96.2-97.5 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 2,454 | 96 | 3.3 | 2.6- 4.1 | 2,358 | 96.7 | 95.9-97.4 |
African American | 526 | 21 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.5 | 505 | 97.3 | 95.5-98.4 |
Other Minorities | 174 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
50-54 | 362 | 16 | 3.4 | 1.9- 5.9 | 346 | 96.6 | 94.1-98.1 |
55-64 | 1,019 | 26 | 1.9 | 1.2- 2.9 | 993 | 98.1 | 97.1-98.8 |
65-74 | 1,044 | 39 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.7 | 1,005 | 96.7 | 95.3-97.7 |
75+ | 748 | 39 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.8 | 709 | 95.3 | 93.2-96.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 342 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 984 | 33 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.5 | 951 | 97.6 | 96.5-98.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 899 | 30 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.0 | 869 | 97.3 | 96.0-98.2 |
College Graduate | 937 | 44 | 4.1 | 2.8- 5.8 | 893 | 95.9 | 94.2-97.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 346 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 527 | 23 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.5 | 504 | 96.0 | 93.5-97.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 361 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 408 | 16 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.2 | 392 | 97.6 | 95.8-98.6 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 374 | 15 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.3 | 359 | 96.9 | 94.7-98.3 |
$75,000+ | 477 | 17 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.7 | 460 | 96.7 | 94.3-98.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,121 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.6 | 1,074 | 96.6 | 95.4-97.6 |
No | 2,038 | 71 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.8 | 1,967 | 97.1 | 96.2-97.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 58 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 3,115 | 118 | 3.1 | 2.5- 3.8 | 2,997 | 96.9 | 96.2-97.5 |
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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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