2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

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
Region 4 501 379 78.5 73.9-82.4 122 21.5 17.6-26.1
GENDER
Male 216 158 75.6 68.4-81.6 58 24.4 18.4-31.6
Female 285 221 80.6 74.4-85.6 64 19.4 14.4-25.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 323 257 80.8 75.1-85.5 66 19.2 14.5-24.9
Non-Hispanic Black 103 89 89.2 81.1-94.1 14 10.8 5.9-18.9
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 276 182 72.3 66.1-77.8 94 27.7 22.2-33.9
65+ 205 184 88.5 80.4-93.6 21 11.5 6.4-19.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 85 70.3 60.0-78.9 47 29.7 21.1-40.0
Some Post-H.S. 136 107 82.2 74.6-87.9 29 17.8 12.1-25.4
College Graduate 230 185 83.0 77.2-87.6 45 17.0 12.4-22.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 112 77.8 69.2-84.6 42 22.2 15.4-30.8
$50,000+ 226 179 81.8 75.7-86.6 47 18.2 13.4-24.3
Don't know/Not Sure 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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