BRFSS 2010 - Forsyth 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: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	151	12	9.1	4.9-16.3	139	90.9	83.7-95.1
GENDER
Male	63	6	7.7	3.2-17.3	57	92.3	82.7-96.8
Female	88	6	10.6	4.5-23.0	82	89.4	77.0-95.5
RACE
White	125	10	9.0	4.5-17.1	115	91.0	82.9-95.5
Other	25	1	5.1	0.7-28.5	24	94.9	71.5-99.3
AGE
50+	151	12	9.1	4.9-16.3	139	90.9	83.7-95.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	44	6	14.9	6.0-32.2	38	85.1	67.8-94.0
Some College +	107	6	6.8	2.9-15.2	101	93.2	84.8-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	66	5	8.0	2.9-20.4	61	92.0	79.6-97.1
$50,000+	62	5	10.0	4.0-22.8	57	90.0	77.2-96.0

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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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