2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 447 344 72.7 66.4-78.3 103 27.3 21.7-33.6
GENDER
Male 196 147 71.9 62.4-79.8 49 28.1 20.2-37.6
Female 251 197 73.4 64.6-80.6 54 26.6 19.4-35.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 427 329 73.5 67.2-79.0 98 26.5 21.0-32.8
No 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 111 92 84.0 74.9-90.3 19 16.0 9.7-25.1
Overweight 145 114 76.0 66.1-83.7 31 24.0 16.3-33.9
Obese 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 394 308 72.9 65.9-78.8 86 27.1 21.2-34.1
History of CVD**
Yes 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 350 259 69.7 62.7-75.9 91 30.3 24.1-37.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 393 304 72.7 65.8-78.7 89 27.3 21.3-34.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 408 315 72.9 66.2-78.7 93 27.1 21.3-33.8
COPD
Yes 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 386 299 72.1 65.1-78.1 87 27.9 21.9-34.9
Current Asthma
Yes 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 396 303 71.7 64.9-77.7 93 28.3 22.3-35.1
Diabetes
Yes 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 336 257 72.6 65.0-79.0 79 27.4 21.0-35.0
Functional Disability
Yes 189 151 74.0 62.9-82.7 38 26.0 17.3-37.1
No 254 191 71.9 64.2-78.6 63 28.1 21.4-35.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 230 181 77.5 68.5-84.5 49 22.5 15.5-31.5
No 217 163 68.0 58.8-75.9 54 32.0 24.1-41.2

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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