2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 357 110 31.6 26.0-37.8 247 68.4 62.2-74.0
GENDER
Male 167 49 29.9 22.3-38.9 118 70.1 61.1-77.7
Female 190 61 33.2 25.3-42.1 129 66.8 57.9-74.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 268 87 33.1 26.6-40.4 181 66.9 59.6-73.4
Non-Hispanic Black 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 171 38 24.3 17.6-32.6 133 75.7 67.4-82.4
65+ 171 71 45.2 35.5-55.2 100 54.8 44.8-64.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 112 42 35.1 25.7-45.7 70 64.9 54.3-74.3
College Graduate 120 33 25.8 18.3-35.1 87 74.2 64.9-81.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 47 33.3 24.5-43.6 89 66.7 56.4-75.5
$50,000+ 140 37 26.7 19.0-36.1 103 73.3 63.9-81.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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