BRFSS 2010 - Gaston 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: Gaston 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
-Gaston County	119	3	2.2	0.6- 7.3	116	97.8	92.7-99.4
GENDER
Male	32	0	0.0	. - .	32	100	. - .
Female	87	3	3.5	1.0-11.6	84	96.5	88.4-99.0
RACE
White	105	3	2.7	0.8- 9.1	102	97.3	90.9-99.2
Other	14	0	0.0	. - .	14	100	. - .
AGE
50+	119	3	2.2	0.6- 7.3	116	97.8	92.7-99.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	63	3	4.1	1.1-13.8	60	95.9	86.2-98.9
Some College +	56	0	0.0	. - .	56	100	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	63	2	1.9	0.4- 7.7	61	98.1	92.3-99.6
$50,000+	32	1	3.8	0.5-22.6	31	96.2	77.4-99.5

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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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