2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,588 803 30.9 28.6-33.3 1,785 69.1 66.7-71.4
Region 4 351 110 32.0 26.4-38.2 241 68.0 61.8-73.6
GENDER
Male 165 49 30.4 22.7-39.4 116 69.6 60.6-77.3
Female 186 61 33.5 25.6-42.5 125 66.5 57.5-74.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 265 87 33.4 26.8-40.8 178 66.6 59.2-73.2
Non-Hispanic Black 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 168 38 24.8 18.0-33.2 130 75.2 66.8-82.0
65+ 169 71 45.2 35.5-55.4 98 54.8 44.6-64.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 112 42 35.2 25.9-45.9 70 64.8 54.1-74.1
College Graduate 115 33 26.8 19.0-36.4 82 73.2 63.6-81.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 132 47 34.2 25.2-44.6 85 65.8 55.4-74.8
$50,000+ 138 37 26.9 19.2-36.4 101 73.1 63.6-80.8
Don't know/Not Sure 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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