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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2010
 
C20.03 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? (HADSIGM3)
Denominator is all respondents aged 50 years and older.

Categories Yes
No
Total
% % N
Age Group: 45.8 54.2 976
      50-54
      55-64 64.7 35.3 2,328
      65-74 73.1 26.9 1,811
      75 + 69.2 30.8 1,466
      Unk/Ref 51.0 49.0 85
Sex: 60.6 39.4 2,441
      Male
      Female 64.5 35.5 4,225
Race/Ethnicity: 63.4 36.6 5,582
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 64.2 35.8 732
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       47.3 52.7 124
      Hispanic 51.5 48.5 103
      Unk/Ref 52.0 48.0 125
Income Group: 50.1 49.9 723
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 58.3 41.7 1,267
      $25-$49,999 62.5 37.5 1,737
      $50-$74,999 68.0 32.0 797
      >=$75,000 68.1 31.9 986
      Unk/Ref 61.5 38.5 1,156
Education Level: 49.6 50.4 676
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 59.9 40.1 2,701
      Some college/Tech school 63.7 36.3 1,608
      College graduate 70.2 29.8 1,664
      Unk/Ref *** *** 17
Marital Status: 64.0 36.0 3,483
      Married
      Unmarried 59.8 40.2 3,138
      Unk/Ref *** *** 45
Employment Status: 58.3 41.7 2,341
      Employed
      Not employed 40.4 59.6 307
      Student/Homemaker 60.1 39.9 537
      Retired/Unable to work 69.6 30.4 3,443
      Unk/Ref *** *** 38
Grand Totals 62.6 37.4 6,666

SOURCE: 2010 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.
                Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses

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