2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 438 135 29.4 24.4-35.0 303 70.6 65.0-75.6
GENDER
Male 189 51 27.1 20.0-35.6 138 72.9 64.4-80.0
Female 249 84 31.4 24.5-39.2 165 68.6 60.8-75.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 291 94 31.2 24.8-38.3 197 68.8 61.7-75.2
Non-Hispanic Black 126 36 25.9 18.0-35.7 90 74.1 64.3-82.0
Other 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 203 46 23.3 17.1-30.8 157 76.7 69.2-82.9
65+ 225 89 38.2 30.3-46.7 136 61.8 53.3-69.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 55 29.4 21.9-38.4 127 70.6 61.6-78.1
Some Post-H.S. 123 38 26.7 18.1-37.4 85 73.3 62.6-81.9
College Graduate 132 42 34.6 25.7-44.7 90 65.4 55.3-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 63 31.1 23.3-40.1 152 68.9 59.9-76.7
$50,000+ 141 54 35.9 27.3-45.6 87 64.1 54.4-72.7
Don't know/Not Sure 82 18 16.0 9.3-26.1 64 84.0 73.9-90.7

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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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