BRFSS 2010 - Randolph 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: Randolph 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
-Randolph County	187	8	3.6	1.6- 7.8	179	96.4	92.2-98.4
GENDER
Male	65	3	4.0	1.0-15.4	62	96.0	84.6-99.0
Female	122	5	3.2	1.3- 7.7	117	96.8	92.3-98.7
RACE
White	172	7	2.8	1.3- 5.8	165	97.2	94.2-98.7
Other	14	1	9.6	1.3-45.2	13	90.4	54.8-98.7
AGE
50+	187	8	3.6	1.6- 7.8	179	96.4	92.2-98.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	6	4.7	1.8-11.8	108	95.3	88.2-98.2
Some College +	73	2	2.0	0.5- 8.0	71	98.0	92.0-99.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	103	7	6.6	2.8-15.1	96	93.4	84.9-97.2
$50,000+	44	0	0.0	. - .	44	100	. - .

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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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