2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 5 430 125 25.8 21.3-30.9 305 74.2 69.1-78.7
GENDER
Male 190 56 23.7 17.5-31.2 134 76.3 68.8-82.5
Female 240 69 27.6 21.4-34.8 171 72.4 65.2-78.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 286 85 27.4 22.0-33.6 201 72.6 66.4-78.0
Non-Hispanic Black 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 182 38 18.3 12.8-25.5 144 81.7 74.5-87.2
65+ 234 84 35.4 28.4-43.1 150 64.6 56.9-71.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 166 43 21.9 15.4-30.0 123 78.1 70.0-84.6
Some Post-H.S. 136 35 23.4 16.1-32.6 101 76.6 67.4-83.9
College Graduate 127 47 37.6 28.7-47.4 80 62.4 52.6-71.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 62 26.7 20.4-34.2 164 73.3 65.8-79.6
$50,000+ 120 38 26.3 18.7-35.6 82 73.7 64.4-81.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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