2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

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 2,937 275 9.2 8.0-10.6 2,662 90.8 89.4-92.0
Region 3 260 25 11.9 7.5-18.4 235 88.1 81.6-92.5
GENDER
Male 119 11 13.8 6.9-25.7 108 86.2 74.3-93.1
Female 141 14 10.0 5.6-17.2 127 90.0 82.8-94.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 207 21 13.5 8.2-21.4 186 86.5 78.6-91.8
Non-Hispanic Black 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 153 *** *** *** 144 91.9 82.6-96.5
65+ 107 16 18.7 11.0-29.9 91 81.3 70.1-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 13 17.3 9.5-29.2 92 82.7 70.8-90.5
Some College + 155 12 6.5 3.6-11.5 143 93.5 88.5-96.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 124 13 13.5 7.0-24.6 111 86.5 75.4-93.0
$50,000+ 103 11 10.5 5.6-18.8 92 89.5 81.2-94.4

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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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