2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 1,901 33 1.5 0.9- 2.5 1,868 98.5 97.5-99.1
GENDER
Male 800 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 1,101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,844 32 1.6 0.9- 2.6 1,812 98.4 97.4-99.1
No 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 480 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 669 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Obese 622 17 2.1 1.2- 3.6 605 97.9 96.4-98.8
Current Smoker
Yes 216 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,676 28 1.5 0.9- 2.6 1,648 98.5 97.4-99.1
History of CVD**
Yes 384 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,505 28 1.7 1.0- 2.9 1,477 98.3 97.1-99.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,714 29 1.5 0.9- 2.6 1,685 98.5 97.4-99.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,763 31 1.5 0.9- 2.6 1,732 98.5 97.4-99.1
COPD
Yes 247 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,641 28 1.4 0.8- 2.4 1,613 98.6 97.6-99.2
Current Asthma
Yes 191 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,704 31 1.6 1.0- 2.7 1,673 98.4 97.3-99.0
Diabetes
Yes 437 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,465 26 1.7 1.0- 3.0 1,439 98.3 97.0-99.0
Functional Disability
Yes 755 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 974 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 928 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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