BRFSS 2010 - Pitt 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: Pitt 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
-Pitt County	162	11	4.9	2.6- 9.3	151	95.1	90.7-97.4
GENDER
Male	58	2	3.1	0.7-12.3	56	96.9	87.7-99.3
Female	104	9	6.7	3.3-13.1	95	93.3	86.9-96.7
RACE
White	118	7	4.5	2.0-10.0	111	95.5	90.0-98.0
Other	43	4	6.5	2.3-17.3	39	93.5	82.7-97.7
AGE
50+	162	11	4.9	2.6- 9.3	151	95.1	90.7-97.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	65	6	5.7	2.4-13.2	59	94.3	86.8-97.6
Some College +	97	5	4.4	1.6-11.2	92	95.6	88.8-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	75	5	4.6	1.8-11.4	70	95.4	88.6-98.2
$50,000+	57	2	3.6	0.9-14.0	55	96.4	86.0-99.1

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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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