2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 45+)

Have you ever had any other kind of test for colorectal cancer, such as virtual colonoscopy, CT colonography, blood stool test, FIT DNA, or Cologuard test?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,585 450 16.9 15.2-18.8 2,135 83.1 81.2-84.8
Region 5 353 67 18.8 14.3-24.4 286 81.2 75.6-85.7
GENDER
Male 148 28 19.2 12.7-27.9 120 80.8 72.1-87.3
Female 205 39 18.5 12.7-26.1 166 81.5 73.9-87.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 235 49 19.6 14.5-26.0 186 80.4 74.0-85.5
Non-Hispanic Black 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 190 28 14.2 9.2-21.2 162 85.8 78.8-90.8
65+ 156 38 25.1 17.5-34.6 118 74.9 65.4-82.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 97 15 16.1 9.0-27.3 82 83.9 72.7-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 93 20 21.7 13.2-33.5 73 78.3 66.5-86.8
College Graduate 161 31 18.4 12.7-26.0 130 81.6 74.0-87.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 105 25 20.5 13.3-30.3 80 79.5 69.7-86.7
$50,000+ 156 23 15.9 9.9-24.4 133 84.1 75.6-90.1
Don't know/Not Sure 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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