2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

For a SIGMOIDOSCOPY, a flexible tube is inserted into the rectum to look for problems. A COLONOSCOPY is similar,
but uses a longer tube, and you are usually given medication through a needle in your arm to make you sleepy
and told to have someone else drive you home after the test.

Was your MOST RECENT exam a sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Sigmoidoscopy Colonoscopy
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,901 33 1.5 0.9- 2.5 1,868 98.5 97.5-99.1
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 370 *** *** *** 362 98.7 97.0-99.5
Region 3 171 *** *** *** 166 96.5 90.4-98.8
Region 4 234 *** *** *** 233 99.8 98.3- 100
Region 5 230 *** *** *** 228 99.0 96.0-99.8
Region 6 138 *** *** *** 137 99.5 96.7-99.9
Region 7 213 *** *** *** 210 97.2 89.5-99.3
Region 8 220 *** *** *** 217 97.9 93.3-99.4
Region 9 & 10 326 *** *** *** 316 97.5 95.0-98.8
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 695 15 2.8 1.3- 5.8 680 97.2 94.2-98.7
Piedmont 788 *** *** *** 781 99.4 98.6-99.7
Western NC 419 11 2.7 1.2- 6.3 408 97.3 93.7-98.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 332 *** *** *** 324 98.4 95.9-99.3
Northwest 274 *** *** *** 269 98.2 95.1-99.4
Charlotte 174 *** *** *** 173 99.6 97.3-99.9
Greensboro 199 *** *** *** 197 99.0 95.9-99.8
Southern Regional 170 *** *** *** 169 99.5 96.8-99.9
Southeast 136 *** *** *** 133 96.6 88.8-99.0
Wake 228 *** *** *** 227 99.6 97.2-99.9
Area L & Eastern 389 12 4.3 1.7-10.5 377 95.7 89.5-98.3
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 370 *** *** *** 362 98.7 97.0-99.5
Region 2 279 *** *** *** 272 97.3 93.8-98.9
Region 3 239 *** *** *** 238 99.8 98.3- 100
Region 4 318 *** *** *** 315 98.2 93.2-99.5
Region 5 315 *** *** *** 311 98.6 96.1-99.5
Region 6 381 *** *** *** 371 98.1 96.1-99.0

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*This question only asked of those who reported having a Sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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