BRFSS 2010 - Onslow 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: Onslow 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
-Onslow County	119	3	3.5	1.0-11.2	116	96.5	88.8-99.0
GENDER
Male	50	2	5.3	1.3-19.2	48	94.7	80.8-98.7
Female	69	1	1.2	0.2- 8.4	68	98.8	91.6-99.8
RACE
White	92	3	4.5	1.3-14.3	89	95.5	85.7-98.7
Other	26	0	0.0	. - .	26	100	. - .
AGE
50+	119	3	3.5	1.0-11.2	116	96.5	88.8-99.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	46	1	4.0	0.6-23.6	45	96.0	76.4-99.4
Some College +	73	2	3.0	0.7-12.2	71	97.0	87.8-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	53	1	4.5	0.6-25.8	52	95.5	74.2-99.4
$50,000+	40	2	4.8	1.1-18.6	38	95.2	81.4-98.9

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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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