2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 45+)

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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 2 612 202 31.9 27.5-36.6 410 68.1 63.4-72.5
GENDER
Male 267 86 28.5 23.0-34.9 181 71.5 65.1-77.0
Female 345 116 34.5 28.3-41.3 229 65.5 58.7-71.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 480 154 32.0 27.1-37.4 326 68.0 62.6-72.9
Non-Hispanic Black 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 311 68 22.2 17.0-28.3 243 77.8 71.7-83.0
65+ 284 131 47.5 40.4-54.7 153 52.5 45.3-59.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 63 32.4 24.6-41.3 139 67.6 58.7-75.4
Some Post-H.S. 185 67 34.9 27.6-43.0 118 65.1 57.0-72.4
College Graduate 224 72 27.4 21.6-34.2 152 72.6 65.8-78.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 99 40.0 32.6-48.0 154 60.0 52.0-67.4
$50,000+ 239 63 24.9 19.2-31.5 176 75.1 68.5-80.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 120 40 28.9 20.7-38.8 80 71.1 61.2-79.3

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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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