BRFSS 2010 - Orange 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: Orange 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	4,856	275	5.5	4.7- 6.4	4,581	94.5	93.6-95.3
-Orange County	112	5	4.5	1.6-11.6	107	95.5	88.4-98.4
GENDER
Male	43	4	7.9	2.5-22.1	39	92.1	77.9-97.5
Female	69	1	1.4	0.2- 9.2	68	98.6	90.8-99.8
RACE
White	96	5	5.2	1.9-13.4	91	94.8	86.6-98.1
Other	14	0	0.0	. - .	14	100	. - .
AGE
50+	112	5	4.5	1.6-11.6	107	95.5	88.4-98.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	25	0	0.0	. - .	25	100	. - .
Some College +	87	5	5.5	2.0-14.2	82	94.5	85.8-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	32	1	3.0	0.4-18.4	31	97.0	81.6-99.6
$50,000+	60	3	5.0	1.3-17.6	57	95.0	82.4-98.7

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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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