2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

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 2,877 1,993 69.5 67.4-71.6 884 30.5 28.4-32.6
Region 3 258 183 70.3 63.3-76.4 75 29.7 23.6-36.7
GENDER
Male 119 81 69.5 59.0-78.4 38 30.5 21.6-41.0
Female 139 102 71.1 61.5-79.0 37 28.9 21.0-38.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 205 152 71.8 63.7-78.7 53 28.2 21.3-36.3
Non-Hispanic Black 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 153 97 63.5 54.1-71.9 56 36.5 28.1-45.9
65+ 105 86 82.6 73.2-89.2 19 17.4 10.8-26.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 155 115 75.3 67.2-81.9 40 24.7 18.1-32.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 126 79 61.9 51.2-71.5 47 38.1 28.5-48.8
$50,000+ 102 79 77.9 68.2-85.3 23 22.1 14.7-31.8

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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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