2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 Demographics

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

Respondents age 50-75 who have had a blood stool test within the past 3 years.
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,046 346 17.2 15.1-19.6 1,700 82.8 80.4-84.9
Region 9 & 10 355 52 13.8 10.2-18.3 303 86.2 81.7-89.8
GENDER
Male 158 19 12.9 7.9-20.6 139 87.1 79.4-92.1
Female 197 33 14.5 9.8-20.7 164 85.5 79.3-90.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 229 30 12.3 8.3-17.9 199 87.7 82.1-91.7
Non-Hispanic Black 106 19 16.8 10.1-26.6 87 83.2 73.4-89.9
Other 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 201 25 11.7 7.5-17.6 176 88.3 82.4-92.5
65+ 154 27 17.2 11.3-25.4 127 82.8 74.6-88.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 134 23 16.9 10.7-25.6 111 83.1 74.4-89.3
Some Post-H.S. 107 14 10.0 5.5-17.2 93 90.0 82.8-94.5
College Graduate 114 15 14.5 8.2-24.2 99 85.5 75.8-91.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 23 12.5 7.8-19.3 153 87.5 80.7-92.2
$50,000+ 121 27 21.4 14.3-30.9 94 78.6 69.1-85.7
Don't know/Not Sure 58 *** *** *** 56 97.3 88.7-99.4

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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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