BRFSS 2010 - Robeson 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: Robeson 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
-Robeson County	119	2	1.5	0.4- 6.2	117	98.5	93.8-99.6
GENDER
Male	36	0	0.0	. - .	36	100	. - .
Female	83	2	2.5	0.6- 9.8	81	97.5	90.2-99.4
RACE
White	62	1	1.1	0.2- 7.6	61	98.9	92.4-99.8
Other	57	1	2.0	0.3-13.0	56	98.0	87.0-99.7
AGE
50+	119	2	1.5	0.4- 6.2	117	98.5	93.8-99.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	64	0	0.0	. - .	64	100	. - .
Some College +	55	2	3.7	0.9-14.2	53	96.3	85.8-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	74	0	0.0	. - .	74	100	. - .
$50,000+	22	2	6.9	1.6-24.8	20	93.1	75.2-98.4

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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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