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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 |
-MALES | 1,792 | 67 | 3.0 | 2.2- 4.1 | 1,725 | 97.0 | 95.9-97.8 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 1,435 | 53 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.4 | 1,382 | 96.9 | 95.6-97.8 |
African American | 239 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other Minorities | 108 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
50-54 | 183 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
55-64 | 646 | 21 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.6 | 625 | 97.2 | 95.4-98.3 |
65-74 | 620 | 20 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.1 | 600 | 97.5 | 95.9-98.5 |
75+ | 343 | 21 | 4.8 | 2.8- 8.0 | 322 | 95.2 | 92.0-97.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 170 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 435 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Some Post-H.S. | 463 | 18 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.7 | 445 | 97.3 | 95.3-98.4 |
College Graduate | 721 | 29 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.3 | 692 | 97.1 | 95.7-98.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 125 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 234 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$25,000- 34,999 | 189 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 268 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 253 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 507 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 610 | 22 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.3 | 588 | 97.3 | 95.7-98.3 |
No | 1,173 | 44 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.6 | 1,129 | 96.8 | 95.4-97.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 835 | 32 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.5 | 803 | 97.0 | 95.5-98.0 |
Non-Veteran | 957 | 35 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.7 | 922 | 97.0 | 95.3-98.1 |
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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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