2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,588 803 30.9 28.6-33.3 1,785 69.1 66.7-71.4
GENDER
Male 1,150 329 28.6 25.3-32.2 821 71.4 67.8-74.7
Female 1,438 474 32.8 29.6-36.1 964 67.2 63.9-70.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,396 771 31.9 29.5-34.4 1,625 68.1 65.6-70.5
No 194 32 19.6 12.6-29.1 162 80.4 70.9-87.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 657 230 34.2 29.7-39.1 427 65.8 60.9-70.3
Overweight 911 291 31.1 27.2-35.3 620 68.9 64.7-72.8
Obese 811 227 29.6 25.5-34.1 584 70.4 65.9-74.5
Current Smoker
Yes 360 88 24.0 18.3-30.9 272 76.0 69.1-81.7
No 2,213 710 32.0 29.5-34.6 1,503 68.0 65.4-70.5
History of CVD**
Yes 510 187 38.2 32.5-44.3 323 61.8 55.7-67.5
No 2,061 607 29.1 26.6-31.7 1,454 70.9 68.3-73.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 183 35 17.0 11.4-24.6 148 83.0 75.4-88.6
No 2,296 739 32.5 30.0-35.1 1,557 67.5 64.9-70.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 111 30 23.4 15.1-34.4 81 76.6 65.6-84.9
No 2,371 747 31.6 29.2-34.2 1,624 68.4 65.8-70.8
COPD
Yes 339 123 38.0 31.1-45.4 216 62.0 54.6-68.9
No 2,239 675 29.8 27.4-32.4 1,564 70.2 67.6-72.6
Current Asthma
Yes 239 86 36.2 28.1-45.2 153 63.8 54.8-71.9
No 2,342 716 30.4 28.0-32.9 1,626 69.6 67.1-72.0
Diabetes
Yes 556 199 37.3 31.9-43.1 357 62.7 56.9-68.1
No 2,035 604 29.1 26.6-31.7 1,431 70.9 68.3-73.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,040 367 34.7 30.9-38.7 673 65.3 61.3-69.1
No 1,542 435 28.6 25.7-31.7 1,107 71.4 68.3-74.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,233 462 37.7 34.2-41.4 771 62.3 58.6-65.8
No 1,358 341 25.2 22.3-28.3 1,017 74.8 71.7-77.7

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**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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