BRFSS 2010 - Wayne 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: Wayne 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
-Wayne County	168	5	2.2	0.8- 5.5	163	97.8	94.5-99.2
GENDER
Male	49	3	4.1	1.3-12.6	46	95.9	87.4-98.7
Female	119	2	0.8	0.2- 3.2	117	99.2	96.8-99.8
RACE
White	117	3	2.2	0.6- 7.2	114	97.8	92.8-99.4
Other	51	2	2.1	0.5- 8.6	49	97.9	91.4-99.5
AGE
50+	168	5	2.2	0.8- 5.5	163	97.8	94.5-99.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	96	1	0.7	0.1- 4.8	95	99.3	95.2-99.9
Some College +	72	4	4.0	1.3-11.4	68	96.0	88.6-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	4	2.9	1.0- 8.1	88	97.1	91.9-99.0
$50,000+	38	1	2.6	0.4-16.6	37	97.4	83.4-99.6

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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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