2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 374 121 31.2 26.0-36.9 253 68.8 63.1-74.0
GENDER
Male 171 47 28.2 20.8-37.0 124 71.8 63.0-79.2
Female 203 74 34.2 27.2-41.9 129 65.8 58.1-72.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 263 84 28.5 22.9-34.8 179 71.5 65.2-77.1
Non-Hispanic Black 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 199 37 18.2 13.0-24.9 162 81.8 75.1-87.0
65+ 171 83 46.8 37.6-56.3 88 53.2 43.7-62.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 44 33.3 24.7-43.3 94 66.7 56.7-75.3
Some Post-H.S. 116 41 29.4 21.5-38.9 75 70.6 61.1-78.5
College Graduate 117 35 28.6 20.6-38.2 82 71.4 61.8-79.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 145 45 32.4 23.9-42.2 100 67.6 57.8-76.1
$50,000+ 134 35 24.8 17.6-33.7 99 75.2 66.3-82.4
Don't know/Not Sure 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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