BRFSS 2010 - Catawba 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: Catawba 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
-Catawba County	127	9	5.4	2.7-10.5	118	94.6	89.5-97.3
GENDER
Male	53	5	7.5	3.0-17.2	48	92.5	82.8-97.0
Female	74	4	3.2	1.1- 8.7	70	96.8	91.3-98.9
RACE
White	121	9	5.7	2.8-11.1	112	94.3	88.9-97.2
Other	6	0	0.0	. - .	6	100	. - .
AGE
50+	127	9	5.4	2.7-10.5	118	94.6	89.5-97.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	48	3	5.8	1.7-17.7	45	94.2	82.3-98.3
Some College +	79	6	5.1	2.2-11.5	73	94.9	88.5-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	64	7	8.8	3.9-18.7	57	91.2	81.3-96.1
$50,000+	40	0	0.0	. - .	40	100	. - .

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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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