2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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
Region 5 395 292 77.7 72.5-82.2 103 22.3 17.8-27.5
GENDER
Male 169 122 75.3 67.2-81.9 47 24.7 18.1-32.8
Female 226 170 79.5 72.4-85.2 56 20.5 14.8-27.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 271 214 82.0 76.1-86.7 57 18.0 13.3-23.9
Non-Hispanic Black 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 229 153 68.7 61.2-75.4 76 31.3 24.6-38.8
65+ 152 130 91.0 85.6-94.5 22 9.0 5.5-14.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 58 73.8 62.6-82.6 34 26.2 17.4-37.4
Some Post-H.S. 105 82 80.0 68.9-87.8 23 20.0 12.2-31.1
College Graduate 196 151 79.6 72.3-85.3 45 20.4 14.7-27.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 189 146 79.4 72.0-85.3 43 20.6 14.7-28.0
Don't know/Not Sure 94 72 82.9 73.4-89.4 22 17.1 10.6-26.6

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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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