BRFSS 2010 - Rowan 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: Rowan 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
-Rowan County	159	12	6.8	3.6-12.4	147	93.2	87.6-96.4
GENDER
Male	59	3	6.0	1.8-18.5	56	94.0	81.5-98.2
Female	100	9	7.4	3.8-13.9	91	92.6	86.1-96.2
RACE
White	149	10	5.3	2.8- 9.8	139	94.7	90.2-97.2
Other	10	2	23.9	5.1-64.5	8	76.1	35.5-94.9
AGE
50+	159	12	6.8	3.6-12.4	147	93.2	87.6-96.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	76	3	3.2	1.0- 9.6	73	96.8	90.4-99.0
Some College +	83	9	9.7	4.6-19.2	74	90.3	80.8-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	98	8	8.1	3.7-17.1	90	91.9	82.9-96.3
$50,000+	39	2	4.5	1.1-16.8	37	95.5	83.2-98.9

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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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