BRFSS 2010 - Durham 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: Durham 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
-Durham County	277	22	6.2	4.0- 9.6	255	93.8	90.4-96.0
GENDER
Male	88	6	5.1	2.2-11.5	82	94.9	88.5-97.8
Female	189	16	7.0	4.2-11.4	173	93.0	88.6-95.8
RACE
White	193	16	7.1	4.3-11.6	177	92.9	88.4-95.7
Other	84	6	4.7	1.9-11.0	78	95.3	89.0-98.1
AGE
50+	277	22	6.2	4.0- 9.6	255	93.8	90.4-96.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	70	3	3.1	0.9- 9.8	67	96.9	90.2-99.1
Some College +	207	19	7.2	4.5-11.4	188	92.8	88.6-95.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	109	11	7.1	3.8-12.8	98	92.9	87.2-96.2
$50,000+	127	7	4.9	2.2-10.3	120	95.1	89.7-97.8

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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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