2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)-FEMALES

Respondents age 50-75 that have had a colonoscopy in the past 10 years.
(CDC calculated variable. )

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,265 2,277 67.3 65.4-69.1 988 32.7 30.9-34.6
-FEMALES 1,910 1,383 70.1 67.7-72.5 527 29.9 27.5-32.3
RACE
White 1,423 1,041 70.7 67.9-73.5 382 29.3 26.5-32.1
African American 390 283 71.2 65.7-76.2 107 28.8 23.8-34.3
Other Minorities 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-54 316 161 51.4 45.3-57.5 155 48.6 42.5-54.7
55-64 779 586 74.8 71.2-78.1 193 25.2 21.9-28.8
65-74 752 588 78.0 74.5-81.2 164 22.0 18.8-25.5
75 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 178 109 60.8 52.5-68.5 69 39.2 31.5-47.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 556 383 68.2 63.7-72.5 173 31.8 27.5-36.3
Some Post-H.S. 549 394 69.4 64.6-73.7 155 30.6 26.3-35.4
College Graduate 625 496 77.6 73.6-81.2 129 22.4 18.8-26.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 202 122 56.5 48.1-64.4 80 43.5 35.6-51.9
$15,000- 24,999 302 202 64.6 58.3-70.5 100 35.4 29.5-41.7
$25,000- 34,999 203 147 67.5 59.2-74.9 56 32.5 25.1-40.8
$35,000- 49,999 243 182 72.1 64.9-78.3 61 27.9 21.7-35.1
$50,000- 74,999 222 182 80.2 73.3-85.7 40 19.8 14.3-26.7
$75,000+ 333 263 76.2 70.4-81.3 70 23.8 18.7-29.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 670 496 71.4 67.1-75.3 174 28.6 24.7-32.9
No 1,227 880 69.7 66.6-72.6 347 30.3 27.4-33.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,872 1,355 70.1 67.6-72.5 517 29.9 27.5-32.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,161 832 68.6 65.3-71.7 329 31.4 28.3-34.7
No 749 551 72.4 68.5-76.0 198 27.6 24.0-31.5

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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.

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