BRFSS 2010 - Wake 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: Wake 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
-Wake County	291	18	5.3	3.1- 9.0	273	94.7	91.0-96.9
GENDER
Male	104	6	5.6	2.3-13.3	98	94.4	86.7-97.7
Female	187	12	5.1	2.7- 9.5	175	94.9	90.5-97.3
RACE
White	233	16	6.0	3.4-10.5	217	94.0	89.5-96.6
Other	55	2	3.1	0.8-11.9	53	96.9	88.1-99.2
AGE
50+	291	18	5.3	3.1- 9.0	273	94.7	91.0-96.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	82	7	9.9	4.2-21.5	75	90.1	78.5-95.8
Some College +	209	11	3.6	1.9- 6.7	198	96.4	93.3-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	114	7	6.0	2.7-12.7	107	94.0	87.3-97.3
$50,000+	131	8	4.7	2.0-10.6	123	95.3	89.4-98.0

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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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