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+)-WHITES

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
-WHITES	4,511	271	5.8	4.9- 6.7	4,240	94.2	93.3-95.1
GENDER
Male	1,609	95	5.3	4.1- 6.8	1,514	94.7	93.2-95.9
Female	2,902	176	6.1	5.0- 7.4	2,726	93.9	92.6-95.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic	49	7	17.9	8.0-35.4	42	82.1	64.6-92.0
Non-Hispanic	4,458	263	5.6	4.8- 6.5	4,195	94.4	93.5-95.2
AGE
50-54	488	12	1.8	0.9- 3.7	476	98.2	96.3-99.1
55-64	1,517	77	5.8	4.3- 7.6	1,440	94.2	92.4-95.7
65+	2,506	182	7.3	6.0- 8.7	2,324	92.7	91.3-94.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	469	35	7.7	5.0-11.7	434	92.3	88.3-95.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,322	78	6.3	4.7- 8.4	1,244	93.7	91.6-95.3
Some Post-H.S.	1,133	64	4.6	3.3- 6.2	1,069	95.4	93.8-96.7
College Graduate	1,585	94	5.6	4.4- 7.3	1,491	94.4	92.7-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	361	36	10.6	6.8-16.1	325	89.4	83.9-93.2
$15,000- 24,999	693	44	5.6	3.9- 7.9	649	94.4	92.1-96.1
$25,000- 34,999	500	28	6.1	3.6-10.2	472	93.9	89.8-96.4
$35,000-49,999	604	31	4.4	2.9- 6.6	573	95.6	93.4-97.1
$50,000- 74,999	608	29	4.9	3.0- 8.0	579	95.1	92.0-97.0
$75,000+	974	49	4.9	3.5- 6.8	925	95.1	93.2-96.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	1,961	137	6.5	5.2- 8.1	1,824	93.5	91.9-94.8
No	2,469	128	5.1	4.2- 6.4	2,341	94.9	93.6-95.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	820	52	5.8	4.2- 7.9	768	94.2	92.1-95.8
Non-Veteran	3,690	219	5.8	4.8- 6.9	3,471	94.2	93.1-95.2

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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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