BRFSS 2010 - Union 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: Union 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?

View results for a demographic group:	Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:

	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
-Union County	151	4	3.0	1.1- 8.3	147	97.0	91.7-98.9
GENDER
Male	58	0	0.0	. - .	58	100	. - .
Female	93	4	5.7	2.0-15.1	89	94.3	84.9-98.0
RACE
White	139	4	3.4	1.2- 9.3	135	96.6	90.7-98.8
Other	11	0	0.0	. - .	11	100	. - .
AGE
50+	151	4	3.0	1.1- 8.3	147	97.0	91.7-98.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	2	4.6	1.1-17.2	55	95.4	82.8-98.9
Some College +	94	2	2.1	0.4- 9.4	92	97.9	90.6-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	2	5.1	1.3-17.9	65	94.9	82.1-98.7
$50,000+	56	0	0.0	. - .	56	100	. - .

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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 19MAY11.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook