2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 632 469 74.0 69.7-77.9 163 26.0 22.1-30.3
GENDER
Male 266 188 72.2 65.4-78.1 78 27.8 21.9-34.6
Female 366 281 75.7 70.0-80.6 85 24.3 19.4-30.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 329 77.2 71.9-81.8 81 22.8 18.2-28.1
Non-Hispanic Black 128 99 81.5 72.4-88.1 29 18.5 11.9-27.6
Other 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 357 228 65.7 59.7-71.3 129 34.3 28.7-40.3
65+ 253 230 88.4 82.0-92.7 23 11.6 7.3-18.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 105 67.2 58.5-74.8 65 32.8 25.2-41.5
Some Post-H.S. 153 123 76.5 67.3-83.8 30 23.5 16.2-32.7
College Graduate 308 241 78.1 72.5-82.8 67 21.9 17.2-27.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 105 63.5 53.9-72.2 55 36.5 27.8-46.1
$50,000+ 312 244 78.2 72.4-83.2 68 21.8 16.8-27.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 160 120 74.6 65.5-82.0 40 25.4 18.0-34.5

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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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