2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 514 385 76.9 72.0-81.2 129 23.1 18.8-28.0
GENDER
Male 225 157 73.4 65.4-80.0 68 26.6 20.0-34.6
Female 289 228 79.9 73.5-85.0 61 20.1 15.0-26.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 342 258 77.0 70.7-82.2 84 23.0 17.8-29.3
Non-Hispanic Black 143 111 79.6 70.2-86.6 32 20.4 13.4-29.8
Other 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 239 156 69.3 61.7-76.0 83 30.7 24.0-38.3
65+ 264 222 85.6 78.8-90.5 42 14.4 9.5-21.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 147 71.5 63.1-78.7 62 28.5 21.3-36.9
Some Post-H.S. 150 116 80.5 71.7-87.0 34 19.5 13.0-28.3
College Graduate 154 122 83.8 76.9-89.0 32 16.2 11.0-23.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 248 177 74.6 67.3-80.7 71 25.4 19.3-32.7
$50,000+ 164 137 85.9 78.0-91.2 27 14.1 8.8-22.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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