2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 271 193 73.1 66.9-78.5 78 26.9 21.5-33.1
GENDER
Male 127 91 76.6 68.3-83.2 36 23.4 16.8-31.7
Female 144 102 70.0 60.8-77.9 42 30.0 22.1-39.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 182 138 77.7 70.5-83.5 44 22.3 16.5-29.5
Non-Hispanic Black 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 154 104 69.5 60.9-76.8 50 30.5 23.2-39.1
65+ 118 90 79.3 70.7-85.8 28 20.7 14.2-29.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 78 62.8 53.2-71.5 52 37.2 28.5-46.8
Some College + 140 114 83.9 76.6-89.2 26 16.1 10.8-23.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 129 87 68.2 58.4-76.6 42 31.8 23.4-41.6
$50,000+ 87 73 84.1 74.2-90.7 14 15.9 9.3-25.8

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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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