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

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%)
North Carolina 2,021 1,454 71.7 69.1-74.2 567 28.3 25.8-30.9
Region 1 & 2 380 276 72.9 66.6-78.4 104 27.1 21.6-33.4
GENDER
Male 170 121 72.8 63.3-80.7 49 27.2 19.3-36.7
Female 210 155 72.9 64.2-80.1 55 27.1 19.9-35.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 339 253 75.6 69.2-81.0 86 24.4 19.0-30.8
Non-Hispanic Black 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 206 133 67.9 59.1-75.6 73 32.1 24.4-40.9
65+ 174 143 80.4 70.8-87.3 31 19.6 12.7-29.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 109 78 76.0 64.8-84.5 31 24.0 15.5-35.2
College Graduate 144 119 82.9 74.5-88.9 25 17.1 11.1-25.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 121 71.1 61.5-79.2 59 28.9 20.8-38.5
$50,000+ 144 117 79.2 69.2-86.6 27 20.8 13.4-30.8
Don't know/Not Sure 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***

Back to Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+).

*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.

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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