2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 2,627 1,953 74.6 72.5-76.6 674 25.4 23.4-27.5
GENDER
Male 1,131 814 72.2 69.0-75.2 317 27.8 24.8-31.0
Female 1,496 1,139 76.7 73.9-79.2 357 23.3 20.8-26.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,444 1,898 77.5 75.4-79.4 546 22.5 20.6-24.6
No 153 35 24.0 17.1-32.6 118 76.0 67.4-82.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 629 449 70.4 65.7-74.7 180 29.6 25.3-34.3
Overweight 902 686 77.1 73.6-80.3 216 22.9 19.7-26.4
Obese 893 678 75.3 71.8-78.6 215 24.7 21.4-28.2
Current Smoker
Yes 293 196 66.6 59.9-72.6 97 33.4 27.4-40.1
No 2,306 1,741 76.0 73.9-78.1 565 24.0 21.9-26.1
History of CVD**
Yes 405 328 80.6 75.4-84.9 77 19.4 15.1-24.6
No 2,193 1,606 73.7 71.4-75.8 587 26.3 24.2-28.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 208 140 71.5 63.8-78.1 68 28.5 21.9-36.2
No 2,317 1,740 75.0 72.8-77.1 577 25.0 22.9-27.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,422 1,802 74.7 72.5-76.7 620 25.3 23.3-27.5
COPD
Yes 255 214 87.0 81.8-90.9 41 13.0 9.1-18.2
No 2,363 1,730 73.0 70.8-75.2 633 27.0 24.8-29.2
Current Asthma
Yes 267 205 78.3 72.2-83.4 62 21.7 16.6-27.8
No 2,349 1,739 74.1 71.9-76.2 610 25.9 23.8-28.1
Diabetes
Yes 522 427 81.3 76.5-85.3 95 18.7 14.7-23.5
No 2,103 1,525 72.8 70.5-75.0 578 27.2 25.0-29.5
Functional Disability
Yes 955 758 78.7 75.2-81.8 197 21.3 18.2-24.8
No 1,637 1,171 72.5 69.9-75.0 466 27.5 25.0-30.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,122 934 83.6 80.8-86.1 188 16.4 13.9-19.2
No 1,505 1,019 68.1 65.2-70.8 486 31.9 29.2-34.8

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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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