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 year.
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,046 203 10.4 8.6-12.5 1,843 89.6 87.5-91.4
Medicaid Region 6 420 41 9.4 6.7-13.0 379 90.6 87.0-93.3
GENDER
Male 188 17 9.4 5.5-15.6 171 90.6 84.4-94.5
Female 232 24 9.3 6.0-14.2 208 90.7 85.8-94.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 272 24 8.2 5.3-12.6 248 91.8 87.4-94.7
Non-Hispanic Black 121 15 11.5 6.6-19.5 106 88.5 80.5-93.4
Other 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 130 13 11.1 6.1-19.5 117 88.9 80.5-93.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 20 10.2 6.3-16.2 189 89.8 83.8-93.7
$50,000+ 138 20 12.8 7.9-20.1 118 87.2 79.9-92.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 73 *** *** *** 72 98.2 88.4-99.8

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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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