| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2010 |
| C20.04 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. (HADSGCO1) |
| Denominator is all respondents aged 50 years and older who have ever had a Sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. |
| Categories | Sigmoidoscopy |
Colonoscopy |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | N | |
| Age Group: | 5.9 | 94.1 | 437 |
| 50-54 | |||
| 55-64 | 6.4 | 93.6 | 1,463 |
| 65-74 | 4.4 | 95.6 | 1,267 |
| 75 + | 8.8 | 91.2 | 936 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 38 |
| Sex: | 6.4 | 93.6 | 1,463 |
| Male | |||
| Female | 6.2 | 93.8 | 2,678 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 6.0 | 94.0 | 3,516 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | |||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 8.5 | 91.5 | 435 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 14.1 | 85.9 | 63 |
| Hispanic | 1.8 | 98.2 | 57 |
| Unk/Ref | 10.9 | 89.1 | 70 |
| Income Group: | 8.3 | 91.7 | 358 |
| < $15,000 | |||
| $15-$24,999 | 7.7 | 92.3 | 761 |
| $25-$49,999 | 7.1 | 92.9 | 1,068 |
| $50-$74,999 | 6.1 | 93.9 | 562 |
| >=$75,000 | 4.6 | 95.4 | 690 |
| Unk/Ref | 5.4 | 94.6 | 702 |
| Education Level: | 5.4 | 94.6 | 335 |
| < H S Graduate | |||
| H S Graduate/GED | 5.5 | 94.5 | 1,585 |
| Some college/Tech school | 7.8 | 92.2 | 1,018 |
| College graduate | 6.3 | 93.7 | 1,194 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 9 |
| Marital Status: | 6.0 | 94.0 | 2,291 |
| Married | |||
| Unmarried | 7.1 | 92.9 | 1,829 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 21 |
| Employment Status: | 4.5 | 95.5 | 1,373 |
| Employed | |||
| Not employed | 7.6 | 92.4 | 131 |
| Student/Homemaker | 6.6 | 93.4 | 328 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 7.6 | 92.4 | 2,287 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 22 |
| Grand Totals | 6.3 | 93.7 | 4,141 |
| 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 |