2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 629 193 30.5 26.3-35.0 436 69.5 65.0-73.7
GENDER
Male 269 84 31.1 25.0-37.9 185 68.9 62.1-75.0
Female 360 109 30.0 24.4-36.3 251 70.0 63.7-75.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 412 135 35.0 29.7-40.7 277 65.0 59.3-70.3
Non-Hispanic Black 149 49 26.7 19.3-35.7 100 73.3 64.3-80.7
Other 68 *** *** *** 59 90.6 81.9-95.4
AGE
45-64 353 80 24.0 19.1-29.7 273 76.0 70.3-80.9
65+ 260 112 43.7 36.2-51.4 148 56.3 48.6-63.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 56 33.0 24.8-42.3 109 67.0 57.7-75.2
Some Post-H.S. 147 43 29.7 22.0-38.8 104 70.3 61.2-78.0
College Graduate 316 94 29.1 23.7-35.2 222 70.9 64.8-76.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 78 40.9 32.6-49.8 125 59.1 50.2-67.4
$50,000+ 302 82 25.8 20.6-31.7 220 74.2 68.3-79.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 124 33 25.1 16.7-35.8 91 74.9 64.2-83.3

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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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