2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 45+)

Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy are exams to check for colon cancer.
Have you ever had either of these exams?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,693 1,983 73.1 70.8-75.3 710 26.9 24.7-29.2
Medicaid Region 4 578 413 72.4 67.7-76.8 165 27.6 23.2-32.3
GENDER
Male 256 179 70.8 63.1-77.4 77 29.2 22.6-36.9
Female 322 234 73.8 67.6-79.2 88 26.2 20.8-32.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 371 283 75.6 69.6-80.7 88 24.4 19.3-30.4
Non-Hispanic Black 127 93 75.6 65.3-83.7 34 24.4 16.3-34.7
Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 354 223 63.1 56.6-69.2 131 36.9 30.8-43.4
65+ 205 180 89.6 83.7-93.5 25 10.4 6.5-16.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 144 89 69.0 59.4-77.3 55 31.0 22.7-40.6
Some Post-H.S. 145 107 73.4 63.6-81.4 38 26.6 18.6-36.4
College Graduate 285 215 75.6 69.2-81.1 70 24.4 18.9-30.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 92 66.5 56.3-75.4 56 33.5 24.6-43.7
$50,000+ 293 220 76.1 69.7-81.5 73 23.9 18.5-30.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 137 101 72.0 61.4-80.6 36 28.0 19.4-38.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 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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