2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 361 243 64.6 58.5-70.3 118 35.4 29.7-41.5
GENDER
Male 169 105 61.5 52.6-69.7 64 38.5 30.3-47.4
Female 192 138 67.5 58.8-75.2 54 32.5 24.8-41.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 272 186 66.8 59.9-73.0 86 33.2 27.0-40.1
Non-Hispanic Black 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 171 100 57.3 48.9-65.4 71 42.7 34.6-51.1
65+ 174 135 76.6 67.5-83.8 39 23.4 16.2-32.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 111 76 65.4 54.7-74.8 35 34.6 25.2-45.3
College Graduate 123 95 75.4 65.5-83.1 28 24.6 16.9-34.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 83 57.7 47.5-67.4 53 42.3 32.6-52.5
$50,000+ 140 104 68.7 59.0-77.1 36 31.3 22.9-41.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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