2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 45+)

Another test uses a special kit to obtain a small amount of stool at home to determine whether the stool contains blood and returns the kit to the doctor or the lab.
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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
Region 1 & 2 446 138 30.6 25.6-36.2 308 69.4 63.8-74.4
GENDER
Male 181 53 29.7 22.5-38.1 128 70.3 61.9-77.5
Female 265 85 31.4 24.8-39.0 180 68.6 61.0-75.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 391 122 30.5 25.2-36.3 269 69.5 63.7-74.8
Non-Hispanic Black 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 208 45 23.0 16.7-30.8 163 77.0 69.2-83.3
65+ 224 89 39.5 31.8-47.8 135 60.5 52.2-68.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 158 52 33.4 25.0-43.0 106 66.6 57.0-75.0
Some Post-H.S. 123 39 30.8 22.0-41.3 84 69.2 58.7-78.0
College Graduate 164 47 25.9 19.4-33.7 117 74.1 66.3-80.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 70 33.1 25.4-41.7 133 66.9 58.3-74.6
$50,000+ 162 51 32.7 24.5-42.1 111 67.3 57.9-75.5
Don't know/Not Sure 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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