2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 45+)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 434 117 26.4 21.5-32.0 317 73.6 68.0-78.5
Piedmont NC 224 59 25.7 19.2-33.4 165 74.3 66.6-80.8
GENDER
Male 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 133 31 24.2 15.8-35.1 102 75.8 64.9-84.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 170 41 20.1 14.6-27.1 129 79.9 72.9-85.4
Non-Hispanic Black 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-54 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 109 30 26.8 18.7-36.7 79 73.2 63.3-81.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 142 38 26.4 18.7-35.8 104 73.6 64.2-81.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 194 56 28.7 21.4-37.3 138 71.3 62.7-78.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 117 30 21.9 14.9-31.0 87 78.1 69.0-85.1
Unable to Work 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
50% to 100% 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 120 28 22.8 15.1-33.1 92 77.2 66.9-84.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 172 44 25.2 18.2-33.9 128 74.8 66.1-81.8
Rent 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 91 21 23.0 14.4-34.8 70 77.0 65.2-85.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 124 34 28.3 19.1-39.7 90 71.7 60.3-80.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 95 *** *** *** 69 73.7 62.0-82.7
3rd Quartile 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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