2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 514 158 30.6 25.8-35.8 356 69.4 64.2-74.2
GENDER
Male 224 63 28.8 21.9-36.9 161 71.2 63.1-78.1
Female 290 95 32.0 25.5-39.2 195 68.0 60.8-74.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 340 107 31.3 25.3-38.1 233 68.7 61.9-74.7
Non-Hispanic Black 145 44 29.8 21.6-39.5 101 70.2 60.5-78.4
Other 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 241 58 25.8 19.6-33.1 183 74.2 66.9-80.4
65+ 263 100 37.3 30.0-45.2 163 62.7 54.8-70.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 210 62 29.4 22.3-37.7 148 70.6 62.3-77.7
Some Post-H.S. 151 50 31.1 22.8-40.9 101 68.9 59.1-77.2
College Graduate 152 46 32.8 24.4-42.5 106 67.2 57.5-75.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 249 77 35.3 27.9-43.5 172 64.7 56.5-72.1
$50,000+ 163 60 33.6 25.7-42.7 103 66.4 57.3-74.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 102 21 17.0 10.3-26.7 81 83.0 73.3-89.7

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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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