2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 2 374 135 35.5 29.9-41.4 239 64.5 58.6-70.1
GENDER
Male 164 49 29.5 21.9-38.5 115 70.5 61.5-78.1
Female 210 86 40.3 32.7-48.3 124 59.7 51.7-67.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 297 111 37.1 30.8-43.8 186 62.9 56.2-69.2
Non-Hispanic Black 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 172 41 23.7 17.3-31.6 131 76.3 68.4-82.7
65+ 191 91 48.6 40.3-57.0 100 51.4 43.0-59.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 52 34.8 26.1-44.5 98 65.2 55.5-73.9
Some Post-H.S. 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 115 43 33.8 25.0-43.9 72 66.2 56.1-75.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 58 36.5 28.1-45.8 99 63.5 54.2-71.9
$50,000+ 128 37 29.1 20.7-39.3 91 70.9 60.7-79.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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