2016 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

Respondents age 50-75 who received one or more of the recommended colorectal cancer screening tests
within the recommended time interval.*

(CDC calculated variable. Meets Healthy People 2020 Objective C-16.)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,891 2,103 72.8 70.7-74.8 788 27.2 25.2-29.3
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Regions 1 & 2 533 367 68.7 63.3-73.6 166 31.3 26.4-36.7
Region 3 259 192 75.6 69.4-80.9 67 24.4 19.1-30.6
Region 4 419 306 72.6 67.6-77.1 113 27.4 22.9-32.4
Region 5 286 215 72.8 66.2-78.5 71 27.2 21.5-33.8
Region 6 221 163 72.4 64.7-78.9 58 27.6 21.1-35.3
Region 7 335 251 74.6 68.8-79.6 84 25.4 20.4-31.2
Region 8 272 197 74.1 67.9-79.4 75 25.9 20.6-32.1
Region 9 263 185 68.3 60.9-74.9 78 31.7 25.1-39.1
Region 10 304 228 73.4 67.5-78.6 76 26.6 21.4-32.5
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,084 786 72.6 69.2-75.8 298 27.4 24.2-30.8
Piedmont 1,199 897 73.6 70.6-76.4 302 26.4 23.6-29.4
Western NC 609 421 70.0 65.2-74.5 188 30.0 25.5-34.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 466 321 68.9 63.1-74.2 145 31.1 25.8-36.9
Northwest 433 320 74.1 69.0-78.6 113 25.9 21.4-31.0
Charlotte 319 227 71.5 65.8-76.7 92 28.5 23.3-34.2
Greensboro 240 182 72.9 65.5-79.2 58 27.1 20.8-34.5
Southern Regional 244 181 72.8 65.5-79.1 63 27.2 20.9-34.5
Southeast 185 136 77.2 70.3-82.8 49 22.8 17.2-29.7
Wake 348 263 74.5 68.9-79.4 85 25.5 20.6-31.1
Area L & Eastern 657 474 71.3 66.6-75.5 183 28.7 24.5-33.4

Back to Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+).

*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.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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