2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 466 344 73.7 67.7-78.9 122 26.3 21.1-32.3
GENDER
Male 212 148 69.5 60.6-77.1 64 30.5 22.9-39.4
Female 254 196 77.2 68.5-84.1 58 22.8 15.9-31.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 271 210 76.1 69.0-82.1 61 23.9 17.9-31.0
Non-Hispanic Black 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 249 152 62.9 54.2-70.9 97 37.1 29.1-45.8
65+ 210 187 87.9 79.8-93.1 23 12.1 6.9-20.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 166 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 152 115 78.8 69.5-85.9 37 21.2 14.1-30.5
College Graduate 148 123 81.2 71.3-88.3 25 18.8 11.7-28.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 139 72.5 62.0-81.0 52 27.5 19.0-38.0
$50,000+ 172 128 72.9 63.7-80.5 44 27.1 19.5-36.3
Don't know/Not Sure 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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