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 3,513 162 4.1 3.4- 5.0 3,351 95.9 95.0-96.6
Region 8 576 35 5.3 3.5- 7.9 541 94.7 92.1-96.5
GENDER
Male 248 15 4.6 2.5- 8.1 233 95.4 91.9-97.5
Female 328 20 5.9 3.4-10.1 308 94.1 89.9-96.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 386 20 4.7 2.8- 8.0 366 95.3 92.0-97.2
Non-Hispanic Black 90 *** *** *** 82 92.5 84.0-96.6
Other 100 *** *** *** 93 94.5 87.7-97.7
AGE
45-64 278 11 3.5 1.7- 6.9 267 96.5 93.1-98.3
65+ 275 23 6.9 4.3-10.8 252 93.1 89.2-95.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 220 17 6.6 3.7-11.4 203 93.4 88.6-96.3
Some Post-H.S. 174 12 4.9 2.6- 9.0 162 95.1 91.0-97.4
College Graduate 176 *** *** *** 170 96.2 87.3-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 254 24 8.5 5.3-13.3 230 91.5 86.7-94.7
$50,000+ 198 *** *** *** 195 99.5 98.4-99.9
Don't know/Not Sure 124 *** *** *** 116 92.9 83.9-97.0

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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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