2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

Respondents age 50-75 who have had a blood stool test within the past 3 years.
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,937 513 16.7 15.1-18.4 2,424 83.3 81.6-84.9
Region 4 431 79 15.5 12.2-19.4 352 84.5 80.6-87.8
GENDER
Male 206 39 16.8 12.0-23.0 167 83.2 77.0-88.0
Female 225 40 14.3 10.2-19.8 185 85.7 80.2-89.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 326 59 15.3 11.6-19.9 267 84.7 80.1-88.4
Non-Hispanic Black 73 16 17.8 10.6-28.6 57 82.2 71.4-89.4
Other 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 263 37 12.3 8.6-17.1 226 87.7 82.9-91.4
65+ 168 42 22.7 16.6-30.2 126 77.3 69.8-83.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 21 11.6 7.3-18.0 120 88.4 82.0-92.7
Some College + 288 57 17.2 13.0-22.3 231 82.8 77.7-87.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 31 18.7 12.9-26.4 131 81.3 73.6-87.1
$50,000+ 192 27 10.2 6.7-15.2 165 89.8 84.8-93.3

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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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