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+)-MALES

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
-MALES	1,907	111	5.3	4.2- 6.8	1,796	94.7	93.2-95.8
RACE
White	1,609	95	5.3	4.1- 6.8	1,514	94.7	93.2-95.9
African American	235	14	5.4	2.6-11.1	221	94.6	88.9-97.4
Other Minorities	54	1	2.5	0.3-15.8	53	97.5	84.2-99.7
AGE
50-54	225	6	1.1	0.4- 2.6	219	98.9	97.4-99.6
55-64	719	38	5.5	3.7- 8.0	681	94.5	92.0-96.3
65+	963	67	7.1	5.2- 9.6	896	92.9	90.4-94.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	201	11	5.0	2.6- 9.5	190	95.0	90.5-97.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	460	23	5.0	3.0- 8.4	437	95.0	91.6-97.0
Some Post-H.S.	434	24	5.4	3.0- 9.4	410	94.6	90.6-97.0
College Graduate	811	53	5.6	4.0- 7.7	758	94.4	92.3-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	109	8	5.0	2.1-11.2	101	95.0	88.8-97.9
$15,000- 24,999	269	10	2.3	1.1- 4.6	259	97.7	95.4-98.9
$25,000- 34,999	218	14	9.2	4.7-17.3	204	90.8	82.7-95.3
$35,000- 49,999	271	17	5.0	2.9- 8.4	254	95.0	91.6-97.1
$50,000- 74,999	298	18	5.7	3.1-10.3	280	94.3	89.7-96.9
$75,000+	541	34	5.4	3.6- 7.9	507	94.6	92.1-96.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	816	45	4.7	3.2- 6.8	771	95.3	93.2-96.8
No	1,056	62	5.6	4.1- 7.7	994	94.4	92.3-95.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	910	60	6.5	4.7- 9.0	850	93.5	91.0-95.3
Non-Veteran	997	51	4.4	3.1- 6.2	946	95.6	93.8-96.9

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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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