BRFSS 2010 - Cumberland 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: Cumberland 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
-Cumberland County	127	3	3.1	0.8-11.5	124	96.9	88.5-99.2
GENDER
Male	44	2	6.0	1.3-23.1	42	94.0	76.9-98.7
Female	83	1	0.5	0.1- 3.6	82	99.5	96.4-99.9
RACE
White	71	2	4.4	0.8-21.0	69	95.6	79.0-99.2
Other	55	1	1.7	0.2-11.1	54	98.3	88.9-99.8
AGE
50+	127	3	3.1	0.8-11.5	124	96.9	88.5-99.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	54	2	5.9	1.1-27.2	52	94.1	72.8-98.9
Some College +	73	1	1.3	0.2- 8.6	72	98.7	91.4-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	57	0	0.0	. - .	57	100	. - .
$50,000+	44	1	1.8	0.2-11.8	43	98.2	88.2-99.8

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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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