BRFSS 2010 - Buncombe 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: Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	126	13	9.6	5.5-16.5	113	90.4	83.5-94.5
GENDER
Male	42	2	6.0	1.5-21.1	40	94.0	78.9-98.5
Female	84	11	12.0	6.5-21.1	73	88.0	78.9-93.5
RACE
White	121	13	9.9	5.6-17.0	108	90.1	83.0-94.4
Other	5	0	0.0	. - .	5	100	. - .
AGE
50+	126	13	9.6	5.5-16.5	113	90.4	83.5-94.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	42	6	15.3	6.6-31.6	36	84.7	68.4-93.4
Some College +	84	7	7.0	3.2-14.4	77	93.0	85.6-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	7	11.5	5.2-23.5	60	88.5	76.5-94.8
$50,000+	39	3	6.7	2.1-19.0	36	93.3	81.0-97.9

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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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