2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 45+)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,579 276 7.0 6.0- 8.0 3,303 93.0 92.0-94.0
Medicaid Region 5 866 75 7.7 5.8-10.3 791 92.3 89.7-94.2
GENDER
Male 370 32 9.3 6.0-14.1 338 90.7 85.9-94.0
Female 496 43 6.3 4.4- 8.9 453 93.7 91.1-95.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 531 35 5.6 3.9- 8.0 496 94.4 92.0-96.1
Non-Hispanic Black 203 33 16.2 10.1-25.1 170 83.8 74.9-89.9
Other 132 *** *** *** 125 96.2 90.3-98.5
AGE
45-64 424 25 6.4 3.8-10.5 399 93.6 89.5-96.2
65+ 412 50 10.2 7.3-14.0 362 89.8 86.0-92.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 305 30 9.9 6.1-15.7 275 90.1 84.3-93.9
Some Post-H.S. 265 20 6.5 4.0-10.3 245 93.5 89.7-96.0
College Graduate 291 24 6.2 3.9- 9.9 267 93.8 90.1-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 371 38 10.3 6.7-15.6 333 89.7 84.4-93.3
$50,000+ 317 24 6.3 3.9-10.0 293 93.7 90.0-96.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 178 13 5.2 2.8- 9.5 165 94.8 90.5-97.2

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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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