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+)-FEMALES

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
-FEMALES	3,514	206	5.8	4.8- 7.0	3,308	94.2	93.0-95.2
RACE
White	2,902	176	6.1	5.0- 7.4	2,726	93.9	92.6-95.0
African American	510	28	5.1	3.1- 8.4	482	94.9	91.6-96.9
Other Minorities	91	2	1.2	0.3- 5.0	89	98.8	95.0-99.7
AGE
50-54	394	9	2.1	0.9- 4.8	385	97.9	95.2-99.1
55-64	1,181	55	5.4	3.8- 7.6	1,126	94.6	92.4-96.2
65+	1,939	142	7.5	6.0- 9.2	1,797	92.5	90.8-94.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	432	34	8.0	5.0-12.6	398	92.0	87.4-95.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,141	63	6.3	4.6- 8.7	1,078	93.7	91.3-95.4
Some Post-H.S.	938	50	4.2	2.9- 6.1	888	95.8	93.9-97.1
College Graduate	1,002	59	5.7	4.1- 7.8	943	94.3	92.2-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	399	35	10.3	6.5-15.9	364	89.7	84.1-93.5
$15,000- 24,999	615	44	6.6	4.6- 9.4	571	93.4	90.6-95.4
$25,000- 34,999	391	20	4.8	2.2-10.1	371	95.2	89.9-97.8
$35,000- 49,999	447	21	4.3	2.4- 7.4	426	95.7	92.6-97.6
$50,000- 74,999	404	16	4.1	2.3- 7.4	388	95.9	92.6-97.7
$75,000+	534	21	4.4	2.6- 7.5	513	95.6	92.5-97.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	1,625	114	6.7	5.2- 8.6	1,511	93.3	91.4-94.8
No	1,821	88	5.2	4.0- 6.8	1,733	94.8	93.2-96.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	56	2	3.6	0.9-13.6	54	96.4	86.4-99.1
Non-Veteran	3,457	204	5.8	4.9- 7.0	3,253	94.2	93.0-95.1

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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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