BRFSS 2010 - Davidson 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: Davidson 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
-Davidson County	172	8	4.2	2.0- 8.8	164	95.8	91.2-98.0
GENDER
Male	49	1	2.3	0.3-14.9	48	97.7	85.1-99.7
Female	123	7	5.3	2.4-11.6	116	94.7	88.4-97.6
RACE
White	165	8	4.5	2.1- 9.3	157	95.5	90.7-97.9
Other	7	0	0.0	. - .	7	100	. - .
AGE
50+	172	8	4.2	2.0- 8.8	164	95.8	91.2-98.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	92	5	4.0	1.6- 9.7	87	96.0	90.3-98.4
Some College +	80	3	4.5	1.3-14.2	77	95.5	85.8-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	96	6	5.9	2.4-13.4	90	94.1	86.6-97.6
$50,000+	43	1	2.7	0.4-16.8	42	97.3	83.2-99.6

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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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