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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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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 |
Region 3 | 259 | 192 | 75.6 | 69.4-80.9 | 67 | 24.4 | 19.1-30.6 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 119 | 85 | 75.8 | 66.9-83.0 | 34 | 24.2 | 17.0-33.1 |
Female | 140 | 107 | 75.4 | 66.2-82.7 | 33 | 24.6 | 17.3-33.8 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 206 | 160 | 78.0 | 71.0-83.8 | 46 | 22.0 | 16.2-29.0 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 40 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 11 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
50-64 | 153 | 101 | 68.8 | 60.1-76.3 | 52 | 31.2 | 23.7-39.9 |
65+ | 106 | 91 | 88.0 | 80.1-93.0 | 15 | 12.0 | 7.0-19.9 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
H.S. or Less | 104 | 75 | 74.5 | 64.4-82.5 | 29 | 25.5 | 17.5-35.6 |
Some College + | 155 | 117 | 76.7 | 68.8-83.1 | 38 | 23.3 | 16.9-31.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $50,000 | 127 | 87 | 71.0 | 61.3-79.1 | 40 | 29.0 | 20.9-38.7 |
$50,000+ | 102 | 80 | 79.4 | 69.9-86.5 | 22 | 20.6 | 13.5-30.1 |
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*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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