2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

Sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy are exams in which a tube is inserted in the rectum
to view the bowel for signs of cancer or other health problems.

Have you ever had either of these exams?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,586 1,926 73.1 70.8-75.3 660 26.9 24.7-29.2
Medicaid Region 1 493 371 73.7 67.5-79.1 122 26.3 20.9-32.5
GENDER
Male 216 154 68.6 58.1-77.5 62 31.4 22.5-41.9
Female 277 217 77.9 70.8-83.7 60 22.1 16.3-29.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 446 343 75.5 69.1-81.0 103 24.5 19.0-30.9
Non-Hispanic Black 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 206 134 64.8 54.7-73.7 72 35.2 26.3-45.3
65+ 275 231 84.2 77.4-89.3 44 15.8 10.7-22.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 111 65.0 54.2-74.4 60 35.0 25.6-45.8
Some Post-H.S. 143 109 77.1 66.7-85.0 34 22.9 15.0-33.3
College Graduate 179 151 85.4 78.2-90.5 28 14.6 9.5-21.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 157 69.4 58.9-78.1 64 30.6 21.9-41.1
$50,000+ 172 144 81.2 71.9-87.9 28 18.8 12.1-28.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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