2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 396 278 70.4 64.5-75.6 118 29.6 24.4-35.5
GENDER
Male 184 124 67.0 57.7-75.1 60 33.0 24.9-42.3
Female 212 154 73.2 65.6-79.7 58 26.8 20.3-34.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 243 182 73.2 65.7-79.5 61 26.8 20.5-34.3
Non-Hispanic Black 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 243 147 61.1 53.2-68.5 96 38.9 31.5-46.8
65+ 140 123 87.4 78.8-92.8 17 12.6 7.2-21.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 117 70 67.4 56.6-76.6 47 32.6 23.4-43.4
Some Post-H.S. 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 180 137 75.3 67.1-81.9 43 24.7 18.1-32.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 186 136 72.8 64.4-79.9 50 27.2 20.1-35.6
Don't know/Not Sure 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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