2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)-MALES

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
-MALES 1,355 894 63.9 60.9-66.8 461 36.1 33.2-39.1
RACE
White 1,080 741 66.1 62.7-69.3 339 33.9 30.7-37.3
African American 211 132 59.8 52.0-67.2 79 40.2 32.8-48.0
Other Minorities 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-54 221 96 46.2 38.9-53.7 125 53.8 46.3-61.1
55-64 614 398 66.7 62.4-70.7 216 33.3 29.3-37.6
65-74 489 377 73.7 68.8-78.1 112 26.3 21.9-31.2
75 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 184 82 47.0 39.0-55.2 102 53.0 44.8-61.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 362 212 58.6 52.8-64.1 150 41.4 35.9-47.2
Some Post-H.S. 328 232 70.6 64.9-75.8 96 29.4 24.2-35.1
College Graduate 477 366 75.2 70.4-79.5 111 24.8 20.5-29.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 144 63 43.3 34.2-52.9 81 56.7 47.1-65.8
$15,000- 24,999 195 107 56.3 48.0-64.3 88 43.7 35.7-52.0
$25,000- 34,999 123 79 65.1 54.6-74.3 44 34.9 25.7-45.4
$35,000- 49,999 175 110 56.7 48.0-64.9 65 43.3 35.1-52.0
$50,000- 74,999 179 132 72.3 64.4-79.1 47 27.7 20.9-35.6
$75,000+ 348 282 78.5 73.0-83.2 66 21.5 16.8-27.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 440 306 68.1 62.8-73.0 134 31.9 27.0-37.2
No 907 586 62.2 58.5-65.8 321 37.8 34.2-41.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 443 330 74.3 69.4-78.6 113 25.7 21.4-30.6
Non-Veteran 911 563 59.4 55.7-63.1 348 40.6 36.9-44.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 784 510 63.9 59.9-67.7 274 36.1 32.3-40.1
No 571 384 64.0 59.3-68.4 187 36.0 31.6-40.7

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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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