BRFSS 2010 - Iredell 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: Iredell 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
-Iredell County	150	5	2.7	1.0- 6.6	145	97.3	93.4-99.0
GENDER
Male	56	1	1.3	0.2- 8.9	55	98.7	91.1-99.8
Female	94	4	3.8	1.3-10.3	90	96.2	89.7-98.7
RACE
White	141	5	2.8	1.1- 7.0	136	97.2	93.0-98.9
Other	8	0	0.0	. - .	8	100	. - .
AGE
50+	150	5	2.7	1.0- 6.6	145	97.3	93.4-99.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	78	4	4.7	1.7-12.5	74	95.3	87.5-98.3
Some College +	72	1	0.7	0.1- 4.7	71	99.3	95.3-99.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	87	4	4.7	1.7-12.3	83	95.3	87.7-98.3
$50,000+	44	1	0.9	0.1- 6.4	43	99.1	93.6-99.9

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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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