2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 285 203 69.5 62.8-75.4 82 30.5 24.6-37.2
GENDER
Male 135 88 60.7 50.5-70.0 47 39.3 30.0-49.5
Female 150 115 77.6 69.3-84.1 35 22.4 15.9-30.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 206 156 72.7 64.9-79.3 50 27.3 20.7-35.1
Non-Hispanic Black 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 175 109 61.4 52.9-69.3 66 38.6 30.7-47.1
65+ 110 94 86.8 78.3-92.3 16 13.2 7.7-21.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 201 155 77.8 70.7-83.7 46 22.2 16.3-29.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 127 103 79.2 70.0-86.1 24 20.8 13.9-30.0

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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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