2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 2,586 1,926 73.1 70.8-75.3 660 26.9 24.7-29.2
GENDER
Male 1,152 811 69.2 65.6-72.6 341 30.8 27.4-34.4
Female 1,434 1,115 76.3 73.3-79.1 319 23.7 20.9-26.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,396 1,869 77.0 74.7-79.1 527 23.0 20.9-25.3
No 192 58 29.2 21.4-38.3 134 70.8 61.7-78.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 657 486 72.7 68.2-76.9 171 27.3 23.1-31.8
Overweight 913 678 72.2 68.1-75.8 235 27.8 24.2-31.9
Obese 809 630 77.1 72.8-80.8 179 22.9 19.2-27.2
Current Smoker
Yes 363 221 56.2 48.9-63.1 142 43.8 36.9-51.1
No 2,208 1,696 76.0 73.7-78.3 512 24.0 21.7-26.3
History of CVD**
Yes 511 392 76.9 71.6-81.4 119 23.1 18.6-28.4
No 2,059 1,522 72.3 69.7-74.7 537 27.7 25.3-30.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 184 120 64.0 54.5-72.6 64 36.0 27.4-45.5
No 2,294 1,734 74.2 71.7-76.5 560 25.8 23.5-28.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,368 1,783 74.2 71.8-76.5 585 25.8 23.5-28.2
COPD
Yes 336 254 75.2 68.8-80.6 82 24.8 19.4-31.2
No 2,239 1,659 72.5 70.0-74.9 580 27.5 25.1-30.0
Current Asthma
Yes 238 196 83.9 77.6-88.7 42 16.1 11.3-22.4
No 2,342 1,724 72.0 69.5-74.3 618 28.0 25.7-30.5
Diabetes
Yes 553 447 80.9 75.8-85.1 106 19.1 14.9-24.2
No 2,036 1,480 70.9 68.3-73.4 556 29.1 26.6-31.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,034 770 72.4 68.4-76.0 264 27.6 24.0-31.6
No 1,546 1,151 73.5 70.6-76.2 395 26.5 23.8-29.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,230 993 80.3 77.1-83.1 237 19.7 16.9-22.9
No 1,359 934 67.1 63.8-70.3 425 32.9 29.7-36.2

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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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