2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 2 374 283 75.8 70.6-80.4 91 24.2 19.6-29.4
GENDER
Male 164 119 72.2 63.8-79.4 45 27.8 20.6-36.2
Female 210 164 78.7 72.0-84.2 46 21.3 15.8-28.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 298 233 78.6 73.0-83.3 65 21.4 16.7-27.0
Non-Hispanic Black 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 172 122 71.7 63.9-78.4 50 28.3 21.6-36.1
65+ 191 153 80.7 73.2-86.5 38 19.3 13.5-26.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 104 72.4 63.7-79.6 45 27.6 20.4-36.3
Some Post-H.S. 106 79 75.0 65.0-82.9 27 25.0 17.1-35.0
College Graduate 116 97 82.4 73.0-89.0 19 17.6 11.0-27.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 107 69.2 60.6-76.6 51 30.8 23.4-39.4
$50,000+ 129 109 84.2 75.8-90.0 20 15.8 10.0-24.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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