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

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

Sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy are exams in which a tube is inserted in the rectum
to view the bowel for signs of cancer or other health problems.

Have you ever had either of these exams?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,586 1,926 73.1 70.8-75.3 660 26.9 24.7-29.2
Region 9 & 10 440 329 77.2 71.9-81.7 111 22.8 18.3-28.1
GENDER
Male 190 133 75.2 67.2-81.7 57 24.8 18.3-32.8
Female 250 196 79.0 71.5-84.9 54 21.0 15.1-28.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 294 222 77.5 70.9-83.0 72 22.5 17.0-29.1
Non-Hispanic Black 125 96 79.0 68.8-86.5 29 21.0 13.5-31.2
Other 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
50-64 203 133 69.8 61.6-77.0 70 30.2 23.0-38.4
65+ 226 189 86.3 79.5-91.1 37 13.7 8.9-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 131 75.7 67.5-82.4 51 24.3 17.6-32.5
Some Post-H.S. 123 93 76.5 65.5-84.8 30 23.5 15.2-34.5
College Graduate 134 105 83.5 76.0-89.0 29 16.5 11.0-24.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 155 74.9 67.4-81.2 61 25.1 18.8-32.6
$50,000+ 142 118 87.9 81.5-92.3 24 12.1 7.7-18.5
Don't know/Not Sure 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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