2020 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 45+)

A sigmoidoscopy checks part of the colon and you are fully awake.
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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,472 414 11.1 9.8-12.5 3,058 88.9 87.5-90.2
GENDER
Male 1,488 205 12.0 10.2-14.1 1,283 88.0 85.9-89.8
Female 1,984 209 10.3 8.7-12.3 1,775 89.7 87.7-91.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,200 399 11.7 10.4-13.2 2,801 88.3 86.8-89.6
No 265 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 822 93 11.6 9.0-14.8 729 88.4 85.2-91.0
Overweight 1,201 176 13.2 10.9-15.8 1,025 86.8 84.2-89.1
Obese 1,122 116 9.3 7.4-11.6 1,006 90.7 88.4-92.6
Current Smoker
Yes 512 57 9.4 6.7-12.9 455 90.6 87.1-93.3
No 2,940 354 11.4 10.1-13.0 2,586 88.6 87.0-89.9
History of CVD**
Yes 530 90 15.4 12.1-19.5 440 84.6 80.5-87.9
No 2,912 319 10.4 9.0-11.9 2,593 89.6 88.1-91.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 266 28 8.9 5.8-13.6 238 91.1 86.4-94.2
No 3,073 374 11.5 10.1-13.0 2,699 88.5 87.0-89.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 160 22 11.6 7.0-18.6 138 88.4 81.4-93.0
No 3,176 379 11.2 9.9-12.7 2,797 88.8 87.3-90.1
COPD
Yes 353 58 14.1 10.1-19.4 295 85.9 80.6-89.9
No 3,111 355 10.8 9.5-12.2 2,756 89.2 87.8-90.5
Current Asthma
Yes 283 36 13.0 8.9-18.6 247 87.0 81.4-91.1
No 3,174 377 11.0 9.7-12.4 2,797 89.0 87.6-90.3
Diabetes
Yes 635 87 11.3 8.8-14.5 548 88.7 85.5-91.2
No 2,828 326 11.0 9.6-12.6 2,502 89.0 87.4-90.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,205 169 13.1 10.9-15.8 1,036 86.9 84.2-89.1
No 2,255 245 10.1 8.6-11.8 2,010 89.9 88.2-91.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,421 221 14.6 12.4-17.1 1,200 85.4 82.9-87.6
No 2,049 193 8.8 7.3-10.4 1,856 91.2 89.6-92.7

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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