2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 45+)

Respondents age 50-75 that have had a sigmoidoscopy within the past five years.
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
Have had a sigmoidoscopy in the past 5 years Have had a sigmoidoscopy 5 or more years ago Have never had a sigmoidoscopy
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,467 104 4.0 3.1- 5.1 158 6.2 5.1- 7.4 2,205 89.8 88.2-91.2
Medicaid Region 5 609 32 5.8 3.7- 9.2 39 7.8 5.3-11.5 538 86.3 81.9-89.8
GENDER
Male 266 22 9.8 5.7-16.3 22 10.7 6.3-17.6 222 79.6 71.6-85.7
Female 343 *** *** *** 17 5.1 3.1- 8.3 316 92.9 89.4-95.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 366 14 3.6 1.9- 6.7 31 9.5 6.0-14.7 321 86.8 81.4-90.9
Non-Hispanic Black 147 11 13.1 6.1-25.9 *** *** *** 129 80.7 68.7-88.9
Other 96 *** *** *** *** *** *** 88 93.6 86.6-97.1
AGE
45-64 340 12 5.1 2.4-10.4 *** *** *** 318 89.9 83.2-94.1
65+ 269 20 7.0 4.0-11.8 29 12.1 8.2-17.6 220 80.9 74.5-86.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 207 11 7.9 3.5-16.7 11 5.8 3.2-10.6 185 86.3 77.9-91.8
Some Post-H.S. 192 11 5.4 2.8-10.2 15 10.7 5.6-19.6 166 83.9 75.3-89.9
College Graduate 207 *** *** *** 13 6.5 3.7-11.2 184 89.8 84.6-93.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 256 17 8.8 4.5-16.4 12 7.5 3.4-15.8 227 83.8 74.7-90.0
$50,000+ 235 *** *** *** 21 10.2 6.5-15.6 204 85.9 80.0-90.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 118 *** *** *** *** *** *** 107 92.7 86.3-96.2

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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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