2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

Respondents age 50-75 who received one or more of the recommended colorectal cancer screening tests
within the recommended time interval.*

(CDC calculated variable. Meets Healthy People 2020 Objective C-16.)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,021 1,454 71.7 69.1-74.2 567 28.3 25.8-30.9
GENDER
Male 921 627 69.0 65.0-72.7 294 31.0 27.3-35.0
Female 1,100 827 74.2 70.6-77.4 273 25.8 22.6-29.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,842 1,396 75.3 72.7-77.8 446 24.7 22.2-27.3
No 180 58 37.2 28.0-47.4 122 62.8 52.6-72.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 482 341 69.1 63.3-74.4 141 30.9 25.6-36.7
Overweight 715 519 72.6 68.2-76.5 196 27.4 23.5-31.8
Obese 688 513 74.8 70.3-78.8 175 25.2 21.2-29.7
Current Smoker
Yes 321 192 55.9 48.1-63.5 129 44.1 36.5-51.9
No 1,692 1,257 74.8 72.1-77.3 435 25.2 22.7-27.9
History of CVD**
Yes 370 276 76.2 70.1-81.4 94 23.8 18.6-29.9
No 1,643 1,171 70.7 67.7-73.5 472 29.3 26.5-32.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 165 103 62.1 52.0-71.3 62 37.9 28.7-48.0
No 1,771 1,301 73.1 70.4-75.7 470 26.9 24.3-29.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,843 1,346 73.1 70.4-75.7 497 26.9 24.3-29.6
COPD
Yes 261 184 72.2 65.0-78.5 77 27.8 21.5-35.0
No 1,752 1,260 71.4 68.5-74.1 492 28.6 25.9-31.5
Current Asthma
Yes 197 157 83.5 76.8-88.6 40 16.5 11.4-23.2
No 1,819 1,291 70.3 67.5-73.0 528 29.7 27.0-32.5
Diabetes
Yes 428 338 79.8 74.0-84.5 90 20.2 15.5-26.0
No 1,595 1,116 69.4 66.4-72.2 479 30.6 27.8-33.6
Functional Disability
Yes 747 533 71.4 67.0-75.5 214 28.6 24.5-33.0
No 1,271 917 71.8 68.5-74.9 354 28.2 25.1-31.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 913 713 79.3 75.7-82.5 200 20.7 17.5-24.3
No 1,110 741 65.7 62.0-69.2 369 34.3 30.8-38.0

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*The definition includes: 1) had a blood stool test in past year, or 2) had a sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years AND
a blood stool test within the past 3 years, or 3) had a colonoscopy within the past 10 years.

**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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