2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 45+)

Another test uses a special kit to obtain a small amount of stool at home to determine whether the stool contains blood and returns the kit to the doctor or the lab.
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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,607 1,126 30.7 28.9-32.7 2,481 69.3 67.3-71.1
Medicaid Region 1 446 138 30.8 25.8-36.3 308 69.2 63.7-74.2
GENDER
Male 181 53 29.9 22.6-38.2 128 70.1 61.8-77.4
Female 265 85 31.6 24.9-39.1 180 68.4 60.9-75.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 391 122 30.6 25.3-36.5 269 69.4 63.5-74.7
Non-Hispanic Black 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 208 45 23.0 16.7-30.8 163 77.0 69.2-83.3
65+ 224 89 39.7 32.0-47.9 135 60.3 52.1-68.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 158 52 33.5 25.1-43.1 106 66.5 56.9-74.9
Some Post-H.S. 123 39 31.2 22.3-41.6 84 68.8 58.4-77.7
College Graduate 164 47 25.9 19.4-33.6 117 74.1 66.4-80.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 70 33.2 25.6-41.8 133 66.8 58.2-74.4
$50,000+ 162 51 33.0 24.7-42.4 111 67.0 57.6-75.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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