2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 416 324 78.5 73.6-82.7 92 21.5 17.3-26.4
GENDER
Male 187 136 73.7 66.0-80.2 51 26.3 19.8-34.0
Female 229 188 82.2 75.6-87.4 41 17.8 12.6-24.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 277 232 84.8 79.6-88.9 45 15.2 11.1-20.4
Non-Hispanic Black 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 198 140 73.7 66.6-79.8 58 26.3 20.2-33.4
65+ 207 178 86.1 78.8-91.1 29 13.9 8.9-21.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 144 91 68.8 59.9-76.6 53 31.2 23.4-40.1
Some Post-H.S. 94 76 84.6 73.8-91.5 18 15.4 8.5-26.2
College Graduate 177 157 86.8 79.9-91.5 20 13.2 8.5-20.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 117 74.5 65.5-81.8 40 25.5 18.2-34.5
$50,000+ 171 148 85.9 78.8-90.9 23 14.1 9.1-21.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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