2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 2,627 1,953 74.6 72.5-76.6 674 25.4 23.4-27.5
Medicaid Region 5 355 256 74.5 69.2-79.2 99 25.5 20.8-30.8
GENDER
Male 148 103 70.3 61.5-77.9 45 29.7 22.1-38.5
Female 207 153 77.5 70.8-83.1 54 22.5 16.9-29.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 246 185 74.5 67.8-80.2 61 25.5 19.8-32.2
Non-Hispanic Black 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 181 105 63.5 55.4-70.9 76 36.5 29.1-44.6
65+ 169 147 86.7 79.5-91.7 22 13.3 8.3-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 79 71.2 62.0-78.9 44 28.8 21.1-38.0
Some Post-H.S. 100 77 80.0 70.2-87.2 23 20.0 12.8-29.8
College Graduate 132 100 72.5 63.3-80.0 32 27.5 20.0-36.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 107 79 77.5 67.9-84.9 28 22.5 15.1-32.1
$50,000+ 162 114 70.7 62.3-77.9 48 29.3 22.1-37.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 86 63 78.4 67.7-86.3 23 21.6 13.7-32.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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