2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

Respondents age 50-75 who have had a blood stool test within the past 3 years.
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,046 346 17.2 15.1-19.6 1,700 82.8 80.4-84.9
Medicaid Region 6 420 63 15.0 11.2-19.7 357 85.0 80.3-88.8
GENDER
Male 188 25 15.7 9.9-24.0 163 84.3 76.0-90.1
Female 232 38 14.4 9.9-20.3 194 85.6 79.7-90.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 272 37 14.7 10.0-21.1 235 85.3 78.9-90.0
Non-Hispanic Black 121 21 14.9 9.3-23.2 100 85.1 76.8-90.7
Other 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 130 16 12.4 7.1-20.7 114 87.6 79.3-92.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 30 15.7 10.2-23.6 179 84.3 76.4-89.8
$50,000+ 138 30 20.8 13.9-29.9 108 79.2 70.1-86.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 73 *** *** *** 70 96.1 87.8-98.8

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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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