2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years > 5 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,507 433 18.2 16.3-20.3 284 10.8 9.4-12.5 683 26.0 23.8-28.3 472 18.5 16.6-20.5 635 26.5 24.3-28.8
GENDER
Male 1,124 191 18.6 15.7-21.9 104 7.9 6.3-10.0 311 26.6 23.5-30.0 187 16.2 13.6-19.2 331 30.7 27.2-34.4
Female 1,383 242 17.9 15.4-20.7 180 13.3 11.1-15.9 372 25.5 22.6-28.7 285 20.4 17.7-23.4 304 22.9 20.1-25.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,323 417 19.1 17.1-21.3 278 11.4 9.8-13.2 667 27.6 25.2-30.0 453 19.4 17.3-21.6 508 22.5 20.4-24.8
No 186 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 8.4 5.1-13.7 128 70.2 60.9-78.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 633 97 14.9 11.7-18.8 74 11.0 8.3-14.4 175 25.4 21.4-29.8 121 21.4 17.1-26.4 166 27.3 23.1-32.0
Overweight 896 144 17.8 14.6-21.4 113 12.0 9.6-14.9 241 25.7 22.1-29.7 169 17.4 14.5-20.7 229 27.1 23.5-31.1
Obese 790 172 22.6 18.9-26.7 80 10.2 7.7-13.5 226 27.9 23.9-32.3 136 16.0 13.1-19.4 176 23.3 19.5-27.6
Current Smoker
Yes 352 63 16.4 11.6-22.5 32 8.6 5.5-13.2 68 15.4 11.5-20.4 50 15.7 10.8-22.3 139 43.9 36.8-51.2
No 2,143 367 18.3 16.2-20.5 252 11.3 9.7-13.2 610 27.8 25.4-30.4 422 19.1 17.1-21.3 492 23.5 21.2-25.9
History of CVD**
Yes 502 97 20.5 15.8-26.2 63 13.2 9.6-17.8 130 23.6 19.0-28.8 93 19.2 14.9-24.4 119 23.4 18.8-28.8
No 1,990 335 17.7 15.7-20.0 220 10.3 8.7-12.1 551 26.7 24.3-29.3 372 18.2 16.1-20.5 512 27.1 24.6-29.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 180 33 20.5 13.9-29.1 *** *** *** 46 22.9 16.2-31.3 30 16.8 10.8-25.2 61 34.8 26.2-44.4
No 2,227 381 17.8 15.8-20.0 263 11.5 9.9-13.3 621 26.7 24.3-29.2 421 18.6 16.5-20.8 541 25.5 23.1-27.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 112 18 18.0 10.8-28.5 *** *** *** 28 20.0 12.6-30.2 20 13.8 8.1-22.5 *** *** ***
No 2,299 398 18.0 16.0-20.2 265 11.1 9.6-12.9 635 26.6 24.3-29.1 436 18.9 16.8-21.1 565 25.4 23.1-27.8
COPD
Yes 328 68 20.4 14.8-27.4 26 10.4 6.2-16.9 86 24.1 18.6-30.5 67 19.9 14.8-26.2 81 25.2 19.7-31.8
No 2,169 362 17.7 15.7-20.0 257 10.9 9.4-12.6 592 26.3 24.0-28.8 402 18.1 16.1-20.3 556 26.9 24.5-29.5
Current Asthma
Yes 233 47 21.7 14.6-30.9 29 14.5 8.9-22.8 69 26.4 19.7-34.4 46 21.1 15.2-28.6 42 16.3 11.5-22.7
No 2,268 384 17.8 15.8-20.0 256 10.5 9.0-12.2 611 26.0 23.7-28.4 424 18.2 16.2-20.4 593 27.5 25.1-30.0
Diabetes
Yes 539 116 22.6 17.9-28.1 59 10.1 7.1-14.1 151 26.2 21.7-31.4 107 21.7 17.4-26.7 106 19.4 15.1-24.5
No 1,971 317 17.0 15.0-19.2 226 11.1 9.4-12.9 532 25.9 23.5-28.5 365 17.6 15.5-19.9 531 28.5 26.0-31.2
Functional Disability
Yes 999 173 18.3 15.3-21.8 103 9.5 7.3-12.2 272 24.4 21.1-28.1 188 19.3 16.2-22.8 263 28.5 24.7-32.6
No 1,503 258 18.1 15.6-20.8 180 11.6 9.7-13.9 410 27.0 24.2-30.0 283 17.9 15.5-20.6 372 25.3 22.6-28.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,200 233 20.9 17.8-24.3 141 12.3 10.1-15.0 354 26.7 23.6-30.1 233 19.7 17.0-22.8 239 20.3 17.4-23.6
No 1,310 200 15.9 13.6-18.6 144 9.6 7.8-11.8 329 25.4 22.4-28.6 239 17.4 14.8-20.3 398 31.7 28.5-35.1

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*This question was asked only of those who reported having sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy exam - those respondents who were not asked formed the NEVER category.

**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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