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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2005
 
M15.03 Sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy are exams in which a tube is inserted in the rectum to view the colon for signs of cancer or other health problems. Have you ever had either of these exams?
Denominator is respondents aged 50+ years.

Categories Yes
No
Unk/Ref
Total
% % % N
Age Group: 36.3 63.3 0.3 584
      50-54
      55-64 54.7 44.9 0.4 895
      65-74 65.5 33.9 0.6 657
      75 + 64.6 34.8 0.6 489
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 40
Sex: 57.0 42.5 0.5 950
      Male
      Female 52.8 46.7 0.5 1,715
Race/Ethnicity: 55.0 44.6 0.4 2,434
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 54.0 44.4 1.7 103
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       56.6 43.4 0.0 64
      Hispanic *** *** *** 42
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 22
Income Group: 48.2 51.2 0.5 295
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 54.8 44.4 0.8 481
      $25-$49,999 54.1 45.7 0.2 704
      $50-$74,999 54.1 45.2 0.7 352
      >=$75,000 58.6 41.3 0.1 387
      Unk/Ref 55.6 43.5 0.9 446
Education Level: 50.3 48.6 1.0 283
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 51.9 47.6 0.6 1,083
      Some college/Tech school 53.6 46.0 0.4 647
      College graduate 62.1 37.7 0.2 646
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 6
Marital Status: 55.2 44.3 0.5 1,496
      Married
      Unmarried 53.5 46.0 0.5 1,159
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 10
Employment Status: 46.9 52.7 0.4 1,149
      Employed
      Not employed *** *** *** 48
      Student/Homemaker 44.3 55.1 0.5 263
      Retired/Unable to work 64.8 34.6 0.6 1,198
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 7
Grand Totals 54.7 44.8 0.5 2,665

SOURCE: 2005 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

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