2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

Respondents age 50-75 who received one or more of the recommended colorectal cancer screening tests
within the recommended time interval.*

(CDC calculated variable. Meets Healthy People 2020 Objective C-16.)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,021 1,454 71.7 69.1-74.2 567 28.3 25.8-30.9
Medicaid Region 6 407 282 71.3 65.3-76.6 125 28.7 23.4-34.7
GENDER
Male 182 114 65.4 56.2-73.7 68 34.6 26.3-43.8
Female 225 168 76.1 68.5-82.4 57 23.9 17.6-31.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 266 185 71.5 64.1-77.9 81 28.5 22.1-35.9
Non-Hispanic Black 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 128 88 74.0 64.9-81.4 40 26.0 18.6-35.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 132 69.3 60.9-76.6 70 30.7 23.4-39.1
$50,000+ 136 106 80.7 71.3-87.5 30 19.3 12.5-28.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*The definition includes: 1) had a blood stool test in past year, or 2) had a sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years AND
a blood stool test within the past 3 years, or 3) had a colonoscopy within the past 10 years.

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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