2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 5 431 321 71.7 65.6-77.2 110 28.3 22.8-34.4
GENDER
Male 191 140 69.8 59.5-78.4 51 30.2 21.6-40.5
Female 240 181 73.4 66.0-79.7 59 26.6 20.3-34.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 285 219 72.1 65.0-78.2 66 27.9 21.8-35.0
Non-Hispanic Black 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 185 115 61.8 52.4-70.5 70 38.2 29.5-47.6
65+ 232 198 85.0 77.4-90.3 34 15.0 9.7-22.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 102 61.3 50.8-70.9 63 38.7 29.1-49.2
Some Post-H.S. 138 111 79.8 70.2-86.9 27 20.2 13.1-29.8
College Graduate 127 108 80.4 70.3-87.6 19 19.6 12.4-29.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 160 72.7 65.0-79.2 66 27.3 20.8-35.0
$50,000+ 122 104 80.5 70.2-87.9 18 19.5 12.1-29.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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