BRFSS 2012 - North Carolina: (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?)

2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Colorectal Cancer Screening (Age 50+)-MALES

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
North Carolina	4,965	187	3.0	2.6- 3.6	4,778	97.0	96.4-97.4
-MALES	1,792	67	3.0	2.2- 4.1	1,725	97.0	95.9-97.8
RACE
White	1,435	53	3.1	2.2- 4.4	1,382	96.9	95.6-97.8
African American	239	***	***	***	***	***	***
Other Minorities	108	***	***	***	***	***	***
AGE
50-54	183	***	***	***	***	***	***
55-64	646	21	2.8	1.7- 4.6	625	97.2	95.4-98.3
65-74	620	20	2.5	1.5- 4.1	600	97.5	95.9-98.5
75+	343	21	4.8	2.8- 8.0	322	95.2	92.0-97.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	170	***	***	***	***	***	***
H.S. or G.E.D.	435	***	***	***	***	***	***
Some Post-H.S.	463	18	2.7	1.6- 4.7	445	97.3	95.3-98.4
College Graduate	721	29	2.9	1.9- 4.3	692	97.1	95.7-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	125	***	***	***	***	***	***
$15,000- 24,999	234	***	***	***	***	***	***
$25,000- 34,999	189	***	***	***	***	***	***
$35,000- 49,999	268	***	***	***	***	***	***
$50,000- 74,999	253	***	***	***	***	***	***
$75,000+	507	***	***	***	***	***	***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	610	22	2.7	1.7- 4.3	588	97.3	95.7-98.3
No	1,173	44	3.2	2.1- 4.6	1,129	96.8	95.4-97.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	835	32	3.0	2.0- 4.5	803	97.0	95.5-98.0
Non-Veteran	957	35	3.0	1.9- 4.7	922	97.0	95.3-98.1

Total
Respond.^

Sigmoidoscopy

Colonoscopy

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

4,965

187

3.0

2.6- 3.6

4,778

97.0

96.4-97.4

-MALES

1,792

3.0

2.2- 4.1

1,725

97.0

95.9-97.8

RACE

White

1,435

3.1

2.2- 4.4

1,382

96.9

95.6-97.8

African American

239

***

Other Minorities

108

***

AGE

50-54

183

***

55-64

646

2.8

1.7- 4.6

625

97.2

95.4-98.3

65-74

620

2.5

1.5- 4.1

600

97.5

95.9-98.5

75+

343

4.8

2.8- 8.0

322

95.2

92.0-97.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

170

***

H.S. or G.E.D.

435

***

Some Post-H.S.

463

2.7

1.6- 4.7

445

97.3

95.3-98.4

College Graduate

721

2.9

1.9- 4.3

692

97.1

95.7-98.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

125

***

$15,000- 24,999

234

***

$25,000- 34,999

189

***

$35,000- 49,999

268

***

$50,000- 74,999

253

***

$75,000+

507

***

DISABILITY STATUS

Yes

610

2.7

1.7- 4.3

588

97.3

95.7-98.3

1,173

3.2

2.1- 4.6

1,129

96.8

95.4-97.9

VETERAN STATUS

Veteran

835

3.0

2.0- 4.5

803

97.0

95.5-98.0

Non-Veteran

957

3.0

1.9- 4.7

922

97.0

95.3-98.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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