BRFSS 2010 - Cabarrus 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: Cabarrus 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	4,856	275	5.5	4.7- 6.4	4,581	94.5	93.6-95.3
-Cabarrus County	130	5	3.2	1.3- 7.7	125	96.8	92.3-98.7
GENDER
Male	43	3	5.1	1.5-15.7	40	94.9	84.3-98.5
Female	87	2	1.9	0.5- 7.9	85	98.1	92.1-99.5
RACE
White	119	5	3.6	1.4- 8.7	114	96.4	91.3-98.6
Other	11	0	0.0	. - .	11	100	. - .
AGE
50+	130	5	3.2	1.3- 7.7	125	96.8	92.3-98.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	63	4	5.0	1.7-13.4	59	95.0	86.6-98.3
Some College +	66	1	1.4	0.2- 9.0	65	98.6	91.0-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	70	3	3.1	0.9-10.1	67	96.9	89.9-99.1
$50,000+	33	1	2.4	0.3-15.3	32	97.6	84.7-99.7

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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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