2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 554 158 30.2 25.9-34.9 396 69.8 65.1-74.1
GENDER
Male 236 59 26.5 20.5-33.5 177 73.5 66.5-79.5
Female 318 99 33.3 27.4-39.8 219 66.7 60.2-72.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 406 116 31.6 26.5-37.3 290 68.4 62.7-73.5
Non-Hispanic Black 95 28 26.4 17.7-37.4 67 73.6 62.6-82.3
Other 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 303 59 22.8 17.7-28.9 244 77.2 71.1-82.3
65+ 229 93 44.5 36.9-52.3 136 55.5 47.7-63.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 68 34.9 27.5-43.0 125 65.1 57.0-72.5
Some Post-H.S. 144 46 34.2 26.0-43.6 98 65.8 56.4-74.0
College Graduate 215 44 19.9 14.7-26.4 171 80.1 73.6-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 189 69 39.0 31.0-47.5 120 61.0 52.5-69.0
$50,000+ 244 52 21.9 16.5-28.5 192 78.1 71.5-83.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 121 37 32.9 23.7-43.6 84 67.1 56.4-76.3

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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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