2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)-MALES

Respondents age 50-75 who have had a blood stool test within the past year.
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,305 378 10.9 9.8-12.2 2,927 89.1 87.8-90.2
-MALES 1,387 157 10.7 9.0-12.6 1,230 89.3 87.4-91.0
RACE
White 1,101 125 10.7 8.9-12.9 976 89.3 87.1-91.1
African American 220 26 11.2 7.3-17.0 194 88.8 83.0-92.7
Other Minorities 60 *** *** *** 55 93.3 83.8-97.4
AGE
50-54 225 19 7.5 4.6-11.9 206 92.5 88.1-95.4
55-64 634 72 11.9 9.3-15.2 562 88.1 84.8-90.7
65-74 498 62 11.4 8.8-14.7 436 88.6 85.3-91.2
75 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 195 17 7.7 4.6-12.7 178 92.3 87.3-95.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 373 38 10.4 7.4-14.4 335 89.6 85.6-92.6
Some Post-H.S. 333 46 12.5 9.2-16.8 287 87.5 83.2-90.8
College Graduate 482 56 11.4 8.6-15.0 426 88.6 85.0-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 151 23 13.8 8.8-21.2 128 86.2 78.8-91.2
$15,000- 24,999 203 17 7.8 4.6-13.0 186 92.2 87.0-95.4
$25,000- 34,999 126 15 10.9 6.2-18.3 111 89.1 81.7-93.8
$35,000- 49,999 173 27 17.3 11.6-25.1 146 82.7 74.9-88.4
$50,000- 74,999 180 17 8.4 4.9-14.0 163 91.6 86.0-95.1
$75,000+ 351 32 8.8 6.0-12.5 319 91.2 87.5-94.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 456 52 11.4 8.4-15.2 404 88.6 84.8-91.6
No 923 103 10.1 8.2-12.3 820 89.9 87.7-91.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 441 61 13.4 10.2-17.4 380 86.6 82.6-89.8
Non-Veteran 945 95 9.5 7.7-11.8 850 90.5 88.2-92.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 802 90 10.3 8.3-12.9 712 89.7 87.1-91.7
No 585 67 11.1 8.6-14.4 518 88.9 85.6-91.4

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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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