2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)-Whites

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
-Whites 2,503 1,782 68.5 66.3-70.6 721 31.5 29.4-33.7
GENDER
Male 1,080 741 66.1 62.7-69.3 339 33.9 30.7-37.3
Female 1,423 1,041 70.7 67.9-73.5 382 29.3 26.5-32.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,472 1,768 68.8 66.6-70.9 704 31.2 29.1-33.4
AGE
50-54 366 182 50.9 45.3-56.5 184 49.1 43.5-54.7
55-64 1,034 739 70.6 67.3-73.6 295 29.4 26.4-32.7
65-74 1,021 799 77.4 74.3-80.3 222 22.6 19.7-25.7
75 82 62 77.4 66.3-85.5 20 22.6 14.5-33.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 224 122 53.8 46.4-61.1 102 46.2 38.9-53.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 679 450 65.4 61.3-69.3 229 34.6 30.7-38.7
Some Post-H.S. 676 484 69.8 65.7-73.7 192 30.2 26.3-34.3
College Graduate 921 724 76.9 73.5-79.9 197 23.1 20.1-26.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 202 107 47.3 39.3-55.3 95 52.7 44.7-60.7
$15,000- 24,999 333 213 63.7 57.3-69.6 120 36.3 30.4-42.7
$25,000- 34,999 234 159 64.3 56.7-71.2 75 35.7 28.8-43.3
$35,000- 49,999 328 230 64.3 58.0-70.2 98 35.7 29.8-42.0
$50,000- 74,999 335 264 77.7 72.2-82.4 71 22.3 17.6-27.8
$75,000+ 600 480 76.8 72.5-80.5 120 23.2 19.5-27.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 835 616 71.3 67.5-74.8 219 28.7 25.2-32.5
No 1,656 1,160 67.4 64.7-70.0 496 32.6 30.0-35.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 396 297 75.6 70.6-80.0 99 24.4 20.0-29.4
Non-Veteran 2,107 1,485 67.2 64.8-69.5 622 32.8 30.5-35.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,515 1,066 67.3 64.5-70.1 449 32.7 29.9-35.5
No 988 716 70.3 66.9-73.5 272 29.7 26.5-33.1

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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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