2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 45+)

Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy are exams to check for colon cancer.
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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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 439 326 71.9 66.5-76.8 113 28.1 23.2-33.5
Region 3 228 167 69.7 61.8-76.6 61 30.3 23.4-38.2
Region 4 501 379 78.5 73.9-82.4 122 21.5 17.6-26.1
Region 5 357 256 74.2 68.5-79.1 101 25.8 20.9-31.5
Region 6 168 116 73.1 65.2-79.8 52 26.9 20.2-34.8
Region 7 456 339 73.1 67.9-77.7 117 26.9 22.3-32.1
Region 8 244 179 76.0 69.7-81.3 65 24.0 18.7-30.3
Region 9 & 10 234 191 80.9 73.9-86.4 43 19.1 13.6-26.1
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 743 561 76.7 73.1-80.0 182 23.3 20.0-26.9
Piedmont 1,343 984 74.3 71.5-77.0 359 25.7 23.0-28.5
Western NC 541 408 73.0 68.0-77.5 133 27.0 22.5-32.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 374 275 72.4 66.6-77.5 99 27.6 22.5-33.4
Northwest 415 310 73.7 68.0-78.6 105 26.3 21.4-32.0
Charlotte 387 292 77.0 71.8-81.4 95 23.0 18.6-28.2
Greensboro 287 207 74.6 68.2-80.0 80 25.4 20.0-31.8
Southern Regional 201 140 72.5 65.1-78.8 61 27.5 21.2-34.9
Southeast 149 112 75.2 66.3-82.3 37 24.8 17.7-33.7
Wake 466 343 72.7 67.6-77.3 123 27.3 22.7-32.4
Area L & Eastern 348 274 80.1 74.7-84.6 74 19.9 15.4-25.3
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 439 326 71.9 66.5-76.8 113 28.1 23.2-33.5
Region 2 389 281 71.0 65.2-76.1 108 29.0 23.9-34.8
Region 3 509 384 77.9 73.3-81.9 125 22.1 18.1-26.7
Region 4 632 469 74.0 69.7-77.9 163 26.0 22.1-30.3
Region 5 355 256 74.5 69.2-79.2 99 25.5 20.8-30.8
Region 6 303 237 79.0 73.1-84.0 66 21.0 16.0-26.9

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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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