2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 10 Demographics

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,652 1,313 34.2 32.3-36.1 2,339 65.8 63.9-67.7
Region 10 366 127 33.6 28.3-39.4 239 66.4 60.6-71.7
GENDER
Male 162 48 27.8 20.3-36.8 114 72.2 63.2-79.7
Female 204 79 37.6 30.5-45.3 125 62.4 54.7-69.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 245 89 32.8 26.7-39.5 156 67.2 60.5-73.3
Non-Hispanic Black 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 193 54 26.8 20.4-34.3 139 73.2 65.7-79.6
65+ 169 71 41.1 32.7-50.1 98 58.9 49.9-67.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 37 27.9 19.9-37.6 99 72.1 62.4-80.1
Some College + 229 89 37.4 30.7-44.7 140 62.6 55.3-69.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 56 28.8 21.8-37.0 124 71.2 63.0-78.2
$50,000+ 121 47 37.2 28.1-47.4 74 62.8 52.6-71.9

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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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