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When I searched "wikipedia-Colonoscopy" I found some interesting information. As I said before, I had to scroll down to where it said RISK.
In a study of 25,000 people who had a colonoscopy the perforation rate (perforation of the colon is potentially deadly if not repaired quickly) was 0.2%. If my math is correct, 25,000 people X 0.2% = 50 people.
Of 84,000 colonoscopy patients, the death rate was .006%. I believe that would be 5.04 people. They could be healthy people who don't have cancer.
84,000 people is almost the population of The Villages. I guess .006 X 100,000 people would be 6 people. That's slightly more than 1/3 the number of those who die from colon cancer.
The perforation rate for 100,000 people would be 200 people. They would need emergency surgery to repair the damage.
Dirty Harry again asks: Are you feeling lucky, well are you?
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Some of you have criticized Wikipedia but didn't have any better information and didn't claim that the information I provided was false. Wikipedia was merely giving information from reported studies and I have no reason to believe the information is inacurate.
I reviewed my doctor's message and he said the decision to get any test is totally up to the patient.