2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 45+)

Respondents age 45-75 that have had a colonoscopy within the past ten years.
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
Had a colonoscopy in the past ten years Had a colonoscopy ten or more years ago Have never had a colonoscopy
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,188 1,433 65.0 62.4-67.6 118 5.0 4.0- 6.2 637 30.0 27.5-32.6
Region 8 387 242 63.2 56.3-69.7 30 7.2 4.3-11.7 115 29.6 23.6-36.3
GENDER
Male 185 110 61.2 51.4-70.1 15 7.5 3.8-14.0 60 31.4 23.2-40.8
Female 202 132 65.2 55.1-74.2 15 6.9 3.1-14.6 55 27.9 19.8-37.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 217 142 64.8 56.5-72.4 18 8.3 4.5-14.9 57 26.8 20.2-34.7
Non-Hispanic Black 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 245 123 53.2 44.3-61.9 23 8.1 4.5-14.2 99 38.7 30.5-47.5
65+ 142 119 82.7 72.7-89.5 *** *** *** 16 12.0 6.7-20.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 *** *** *** 11 5.7 2.6-12.0 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 129 *** *** *** 11 8.7 3.7-19.3 36 24.0 16.0-34.4
College Graduate 126 95 74.3 63.1-83.1 *** *** *** 23 18.8 11.5-29.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 *** *** *** 14 6.8 3.1-14.2 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 156 103 66.8 56.9-75.5 *** *** *** 44 28.9 20.8-38.7
Don't know/Not Sure 77 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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