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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2008
 
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
Unk/Ref
Total
% % % N
Age Group: 47.9 52.0 0.0 539
      50-54
      55-64 55.8 43.8 0.4 975
      65-74 66.3 32.5 1.1 751
      75 + 69.8 28.9 1.4 580
      Unk/Ref 50.3 48.2 1.5 61
Sex: 58.2 41.0 0.8 1,066
      Male
      Female 59.2 40.2 0.5 1,840
Race/Ethnicity: 59.1 40.3 0.6 2,452
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 56.2 43.2 0.6 304
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       59.4 40.6 0.0 54
      Hispanic 58.5 39.0 2.5 60
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 36
Income Group: 49.1 49.5 1.4 335
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 53.1 46.4 0.5 520
      $25-$49,999 57.7 41.4 0.9 752
      $50-$74,999 60.5 39.5 0.0 354
      >=$75,000 63.3 36.3 0.5 458
      Unk/Ref 62.9 36.0 1.1 487
Education Level: 48.8 49.4 1.9 325
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 55.4 43.9 0.7 1,192
      Some college/Tech school 64.7 34.7 0.6 681
      College graduate 61.4 38.3 0.3 701
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 7
Marital Status: 61.7 37.9 0.5 1,519
      Married
      Unmarried 53.0 45.9 1.1 1,368
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 19
Employment Status: 52.7 47.3 0.0 1,186
      Employed
      Not employed 35.8 62.9 1.3 105
      Student/Homemaker 67.3 30.4 2.3 224
      Retired/Unable to work 65.9 33.0 1.1 1,382
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 9
Grand Totals 58.7 40.6 0.7 2,906

SOURCE: 2008 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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