BRFSS 2010 - North Carolina: (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: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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
-AFRICAN AMERICANS	745	42	5.2	3.4- 8.0	703	94.8	92.0-96.6
GENDER
Male	235	14	5.4	2.6-11.1	221	94.6	88.9-97.4
Female	510	28	5.1	3.1- 8.4	482	94.9	91.6-96.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic	5	0	0.0	. - .	5	100	. - .
Non-Hispanic	740	42	5.3	3.4- 8.0	698	94.7	92.0-96.6
AGE
50-54	111	3	1.1	0.2- 5.1	108	98.9	94.9-99.8
55-64	310	14	4.6	2.4- 8.6	296	95.4	91.4-97.6
65+	324	25	7.8	4.3-13.8	299	92.2	86.2-95.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	135	10	6.1	2.7-13.2	125	93.9	86.8-97.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	231	7	3.4	1.4- 7.8	224	96.6	92.2-98.6
Some Post-H.S.	200	9	5.9	2.1-15.6	191	94.1	84.4-97.9
College Graduate	179	16	5.8	3.1-10.7	163	94.2	89.3-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	126	7	6.8	2.6-16.4	119	93.2	83.6-97.4
$15,000- 24,999	166	9	2.7	1.2- 6.4	157	97.3	93.6-98.8
$25,000- 34,999	89	6	10.3	3.3-27.6	83	89.7	72.4-96.7
$35,000-49,999	94	7	6.1	2.3-15.3	87	93.9	84.7-97.7
$50,000- 74,999	71	4	4.1	1.3-12.2	67	95.9	87.8-98.7
$75,000+	77	4	3.5	1.2-10.1	73	96.5	89.9-98.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	402	21	4.1	2.2- 7.4	381	95.9	92.6-97.8
No	325	19	6.6	3.5-12.2	306	93.4	87.8-96.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	117	8	7.6	2.7-19.5	109	92.4	80.5-97.3
Non-Veteran	628	34	4.6	3.0- 7.1	594	95.4	92.9-97.0

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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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