BRFSS 2010 - Johnston 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: Johnston 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
-Johnston County	115	7	6.3	2.6-14.4	108	93.7	85.6-97.4
GENDER
Male	37	3	10.0	3.1-27.9	34	90.0	72.1-96.9
Female	78	4	3.3	1.2- 8.8	74	96.7	91.2-98.8
RACE
White	98	6	6.9	2.7-16.6	92	93.1	83.4-97.3
Other	16	1	3.5	0.5-21.8	15	96.5	78.2-99.5
AGE
50+	115	7	6.3	2.6-14.4	108	93.7	85.6-97.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	63	3	6.3	1.5-22.2	60	93.7	77.8-98.5
Some College +	52	4	6.3	2.1-17.5	48	93.7	82.5-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	56	4	7.5	2.1-23.6	52	92.5	76.4-97.9
$50,000+	43	2	5.6	1.4-20.3	41	94.4	79.7-98.6

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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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