2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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
Region 8 591 49 7.3 4.9-10.7 542 92.7 89.3-95.1
GENDER
Male 254 16 7.6 3.7-15.0 238 92.4 85.0-96.3
Female 337 33 7.0 4.6-10.4 304 93.0 89.6-95.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 393 22 4.0 2.5- 6.5 371 96.0 93.5-97.5
Non-Hispanic Black 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 102 *** *** *** 94 94.2 87.2-97.5
AGE
45-64 282 15 6.7 3.3-13.1 267 93.3 86.9-96.7
65+ 287 34 8.7 5.7-13.0 253 91.3 87.0-94.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 228 20 8.8 4.4-16.5 208 91.2 83.5-95.6
Some Post-H.S. 175 14 6.5 3.5-11.9 161 93.5 88.1-96.5
College Graduate 183 14 5.5 2.9-10.1 169 94.5 89.9-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 260 27 10.5 5.9-17.8 233 89.5 82.2-94.1
$50,000+ 204 13 4.9 2.4- 9.5 191 95.1 90.5-97.6
Don't know/Not Sure 127 *** *** *** 118 95.0 89.2-97.7

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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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