BRFSS 2010 - Alamance County: (For a SIGMOIDOSCOPY, a flexible tube is inserted into the rectum to look for problems. A COLONOSCOPY is similar, <br>but uses a longer tube, and you are usually given medication through a needle in your arm to make you sleepy <br>and told to have someone else drive you home after the test. <br><br>Was your MOST RECENT exam a sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy?)

2010 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)

For a SIGMOIDOSCOPY, a flexible tube is inserted into the rectum to look for problems. A COLONOSCOPY is similar,
but uses a longer tube, and you are usually given medication through a needle in your arm to make you sleepy
and told to have someone else drive you home after the test.

Was your MOST RECENT exam a sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy?

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	Total Respond.^	Sigmoidoscopy			Colonoscopy
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	5,421	317	5.6	4.8- 6.5	5,104	94.4	93.5-95.2
-Alamance County	152	13	8.4	4.7-14.8	139	91.6	85.2-95.3
GENDER
Male	52	3	5.3	1.5-17.1	49	94.7	82.9-98.5
Female	100	10	10.9	5.6-20.1	90	89.1	79.9-94.4
RACE
White	134	12	8.7	4.7-15.5	122	91.3	84.5-95.3
Other	17	1	7.6	1.1-38.7	16	92.4	61.3-98.9
AGE
50+	152	13	8.4	4.7-14.8	139	91.6	85.2-95.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	67	6	8.2	3.3-18.6	61	91.8	81.4-96.7
Some College +	85	7	8.6	3.9-18.0	78	91.4	82.0-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	81	7	8.9	3.9-19.3	74	91.1	80.7-96.1
$50,000+	43	5	10.0	4.0-22.9	38	90.0	77.1-96.0

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^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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