BRFSS 2010 - Piedmont 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: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
North Carolina	5,421	317	5.6	4.8- 6.5	5,104	94.4	93.5-95.2
-Piedmont NC	3,159	198	5.8	4.8- 6.9	2,961	94.2	93.1-95.2
GENDER
Male	1,123	67	5.1	3.8- 6.7	1,056	94.9	93.3-96.2
Female	2,036	131	6.3	5.0- 7.9	1,905	93.7	92.1-95.0
RACE
White	2,681	169	5.8	4.8- 7.0	2,512	94.2	93.0-95.2
African American	411	27	5.7	3.6- 9.1	384	94.3	90.9-96.4
Other Minorities	55	1	2.2	0.3-14.4	54	97.8	85.6-99.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic	34	4	14.2	4.6-36.2	30	85.8	63.8-95.4
Non-Hispanic	3,118	193	5.6	4.7- 6.6	2,925	94.4	93.4-95.3
AGE
50-54	392	9	1.8	0.8- 4.1	383	98.2	95.9-99.2
55-64	1,105	59	5.4	4.0- 7.3	1,046	94.6	92.7-96.0
65+	1,662	130	7.9	6.3- 9.8	1,532	92.1	90.2-93.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	341	24	7.7	4.6-12.7	317	92.3	87.3-95.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	889	55	6.5	4.6- 9.2	834	93.5	90.8-95.4
Some Post-H.S.	789	41	4.1	2.7- 6.1	748	95.9	93.9-97.3
College Graduate	1,138	78	5.8	4.4- 7.5	1,060	94.2	92.5-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	267	23	8.3	4.7-14.3	244	91.7	85.7-95.3
$15,000- 24,999	473	32	5.3	3.5- 8.1	441	94.7	91.9-96.5
$25,000- 34,999	347	21	5.8	3.2-10.3	326	94.2	89.7-96.8
$35,000- 49,999	426	28	6.3	4.0- 9.8	398	93.7	90.2-96.0
$50,000-74,999	408	24	4.8	2.9- 7.6	384	95.2	92.4-97.1
$75,000+	709	37	5.5	3.8- 8.0	672	94.5	92.0-96.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	1,341	98	6.6	5.0- 8.5	1,243	93.4	91.5-95.0
No	1,763	97	5.2	4.1- 6.6	1,666	94.8	93.4-95.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	530	38	6.7	4.7- 9.7	492	93.3	90.3-95.3
Non-Veteran	2,628	160	5.6	4.5- 6.8	2,468	94.4	93.2-95.5

Total
Respond.^

Sigmoidoscopy

Colonoscopy

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

5,421

317

5.6

4.8- 6.5

5,104

94.4

93.5-95.2

-Piedmont NC

3,159

198

5.8

4.8- 6.9

2,961

94.2

93.1-95.2

GENDER

Male

1,123

5.1

3.8- 6.7

1,056

94.9

93.3-96.2

Female

2,036

131

6.3

5.0- 7.9

1,905

93.7

92.1-95.0

RACE

White

2,681

169

5.8

4.8- 7.0

2,512

94.2

93.0-95.2

African American

411

5.7

3.6- 9.1

384

94.3

90.9-96.4

Other Minorities

2.2

0.3-14.4

97.8

85.6-99.7

HISPANIC

Hispanic

14.2

4.6-36.2

85.8

63.8-95.4

Non-Hispanic

3,118

193

5.6

4.7- 6.6

2,925

94.4

93.4-95.3

AGE

50-54

392

1.8

0.8- 4.1

383

98.2

95.9-99.2

55-64

1,105

5.4

4.0- 7.3

1,046

94.6

92.7-96.0

65+

1,662

130

7.9

6.3- 9.8

1,532

92.1

90.2-93.7

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

341

7.7

4.6-12.7

317

92.3

87.3-95.4

H.S. or G.E.D.

889

6.5

4.6- 9.2

834

93.5

90.8-95.4

Some Post-H.S.

789

4.1

2.7- 6.1

748

95.9

93.9-97.3

College Graduate

1,138

5.8

4.4- 7.5

1,060

94.2

92.5-95.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

267

8.3

4.7-14.3

244

91.7

85.7-95.3

$15,000- 24,999

473

5.3

3.5- 8.1

441

94.7

91.9-96.5

$25,000- 34,999

347

5.8

3.2-10.3

326

94.2

89.7-96.8

$35,000- 49,999

426

6.3

4.0- 9.8

398

93.7

90.2-96.0

$50,000-74,999

408

4.8

2.9- 7.6

384

95.2

92.4-97.1

$75,000+

709

5.5

3.8- 8.0

672

94.5

92.0-96.2

DISABILITY STATUS

Yes

1,341

6.6

5.0- 8.5

1,243

93.4

91.5-95.0

1,763

5.2

4.1- 6.6

1,666

94.8

93.4-95.9

VETERAN STATUS

Veteran

530

6.7

4.7- 9.7

492

93.3

90.3-95.3

Non-Veteran

2,628

160

5.6

4.5- 6.8

2,468

94.4

93.2-95.5

Back to Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+).

^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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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