2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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%)
North Carolina 1,901 33 1.5 0.9- 2.5 1,868 98.5 97.5-99.1
Region 1 & 2 370 *** *** *** 362 98.7 97.0-99.5
GENDER
Male 153 *** *** *** 148 97.9 93.4-99.3
Female 217 *** *** *** 214 99.4 97.9-99.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 342 *** *** *** 335 98.7 96.8-99.5
Non-Hispanic Black 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 134 *** *** *** 134 100 . - .
65+ 230 *** *** *** 222 97.8 94.7-99.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 110 *** *** *** 110 100 . - .
Some Post-H.S. 109 *** *** *** 104 97.1 91.9-99.0
College Graduate 151 *** *** *** 148 99.0 95.7-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 156 *** *** *** 154 99.0 94.3-99.8
$50,000+ 144 *** *** *** 141 99.1 96.6-99.8
Don't know/Not Sure 70 *** *** *** 67 97.6 90.9-99.4

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

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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