BRFSS 2016 - Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics: (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?*)

2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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
North Carolina	2,688	71	2.6	2.0- 3.4	2,617	97.4	96.6-98.0
Region 5	272	*******	*******	*******	269	99.4	97.9-99.8
GENDER
Male	120	***	***	***	117	98.5	95.1-99.5
Female	152	***	***	***	152	100	. - .
RACE
Non-Hispanic White	210	***	***	***	207	99.2	97.2-99.7
Non-Hispanic Black	51	***	***	***	51	100	. - .
Other	9	***	***	***	***	***	***
AGE
50-64	112	***	***	***	112	100	. - .
65+	156	***	***	***	153	98.7	95.8-99.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	71	***	***	***	71	100	. - .
Some College +	201	***	***	***	198	99.0	96.9-99.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	***	***	***	91	99.7	97.6- 100
$50,000+	132	***	***	***	130	98.9	95.6-99.7

Total
Respond.^

Sigmoidoscopy

Colonoscopy

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

2,688

2.6

2.0- 3.4

2,617

97.4

96.6-98.0

Region 5

272

***

269

99.4

97.9-99.8

GENDER

Male

120

***

117

98.5

95.1-99.5

Female

152

***

152

100

. - .

RACE

Non-Hispanic White

210

***

207

99.2

97.2-99.7

Non-Hispanic Black

***

100

. - .

Other

***

AGE

50-64

112

***

112

100

. - .

65+

156

***

153

98.7

95.8-99.6

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

***

100

. - .

Some College +

201

***

198

99.0

96.9-99.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

***

99.7

97.6- 100

$50,000+

132

***

130

98.9

95.6-99.7

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*This question only asked of those who reported having a Sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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