2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,588 803 30.9 28.6-33.3 1,785 69.1 66.7-71.4
Medicaid Region 1 496 145 31.3 25.5-37.8 351 68.7 62.2-74.5
GENDER
Male 216 58 30.5 21.4-41.4 158 69.5 58.6-78.6
Female 280 87 32.0 24.8-40.1 193 68.0 59.9-75.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 450 132 32.2 26.1-39.1 318 67.8 60.9-73.9
Non-Hispanic Black 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 204 34 16.9 9.8-27.6 170 83.1 72.4-90.2
65+ 279 108 44.4 36.2-53.0 171 55.6 47.0-63.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 180 50 22.0 16.2-29.3 130 78.0 70.7-83.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 69 38.3 28.8-48.8 153 61.7 51.2-71.2
$50,000+ 171 50 25.0 17.4-34.5 121 75.0 65.5-82.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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