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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 5 | 286 | 215 | 72.8 | 66.2-78.5 | 71 | 27.2 | 21.5-33.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 136 | 97 | 66.1 | 55.7-75.1 | 39 | 33.9 | 24.9-44.3 |
| Female | 150 | 118 | 79.0 | 70.8-85.4 | 32 | 21.0 | 14.6-29.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 206 | 164 | 76.4 | 68.6-82.7 | 42 | 23.6 | 17.3-31.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 16 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 50-64 | 175 | 114 | 63.5 | 55.0-71.3 | 61 | 36.5 | 28.7-45.0 |
| 65+ | 111 | 101 | 92.4 | 85.5-96.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 84 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Some College + | 202 | 164 | 81.1 | 74.2-86.5 | 38 | 18.9 | 13.5-25.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 115 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 129 | 106 | 80.0 | 70.9-86.8 | 23 | 20.0 | 13.2-29.1 |
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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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