2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 420 130 29.6 24.8-35.0 290 70.4 65.0-75.2
GENDER
Male 189 54 28.6 21.7-36.6 135 71.4 63.4-78.3
Female 231 76 30.4 23.8-38.0 155 69.6 62.0-76.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 278 92 30.2 24.4-36.7 186 69.8 63.3-75.6
Non-Hispanic Black 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 198 48 24.0 17.9-31.4 150 76.0 68.6-82.1
65+ 208 81 39.0 31.0-47.5 127 61.0 52.5-69.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 42 29.0 21.2-38.3 104 71.0 61.7-78.8
Some Post-H.S. 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 179 61 32.1 24.9-40.4 118 67.9 59.6-75.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 53 30.5 22.5-39.9 107 69.5 60.1-77.5
$50,000+ 170 57 31.4 24.1-39.8 113 68.6 60.2-75.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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