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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 |
| -FEMALES | 1,910 | 1,449 | 73.9 | 71.5-76.2 | 461 | 26.1 | 23.8-28.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,419 | 1,085 | 74.4 | 71.6-77.0 | 334 | 25.6 | 23.0-28.4 |
| African American | 393 | 301 | 75.1 | 69.7-79.8 | 92 | 24.9 | 20.2-30.3 |
| Other Minorities | 84 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 50-54 | 315 | 170 | 54.4 | 48.3-60.4 | 145 | 45.6 | 39.6-51.7 |
| 55-64 | 781 | 614 | 78.9 | 75.5-81.9 | 167 | 21.1 | 18.1-24.5 |
| 65-74 | 751 | 616 | 81.9 | 78.6-84.8 | 135 | 18.1 | 15.2-21.4 |
| 75 | 63 | 49 | 80.6 | 68.6-88.8 | 14 | 19.4 | 11.2-31.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 178 | 119 | 66.8 | 58.7-74.0 | 59 | 33.2 | 26.0-41.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 555 | 407 | 73.3 | 69.0-77.3 | 148 | 26.7 | 22.7-31.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 550 | 413 | 72.7 | 68.0-76.9 | 137 | 27.3 | 23.1-32.0 |
| College Graduate | 624 | 508 | 79.4 | 75.5-82.9 | 116 | 20.6 | 17.1-24.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 202 | 129 | 61.2 | 53.0-68.9 | 73 | 38.8 | 31.1-47.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 303 | 216 | 69.7 | 63.5-75.2 | 87 | 30.3 | 24.8-36.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 202 | 158 | 73.9 | 65.6-80.8 | 44 | 26.1 | 19.2-34.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 245 | 191 | 76.2 | 69.4-82.0 | 54 | 23.8 | 18.0-30.6 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 224 | 187 | 81.6 | 74.7-86.9 | 37 | 18.4 | 13.1-25.3 |
| $75,000+ | 333 | 270 | 78.1 | 72.4-83.0 | 63 | 21.9 | 17.0-27.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 669 | 527 | 76.6 | 72.5-80.2 | 142 | 23.4 | 19.8-27.5 |
| No | 1,228 | 914 | 72.6 | 69.6-75.5 | 314 | 27.4 | 24.5-30.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 38 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,872 | 1,418 | 73.8 | 71.4-76.1 | 454 | 26.2 | 23.9-28.6 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||
| Yes | 1,160 | 873 | 72.6 | 69.4-75.6 | 287 | 27.4 | 24.4-30.6 |
| No | 750 | 576 | 75.7 | 72.0-79.1 | 174 | 24.3 | 20.9-28.0 |
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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.
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