Table 1.
Participant demographics and CRC screening history
| Participant characteristics | North Carolina (N = 12) n (% or range) |
Washington (N = 20) n (% or range) |
|---|---|---|
| Average age in years, SD (range)a | 61 years, SD = 8 (50, 73) | a 62 years, SD = 9 (46, 75) |
| Female | 6 (50%) | 16 (80%) |
| Male | 6 (50%) | 4 (20%) |
| Race | ||
| White | 8 (67%) | 17 (85%) |
| Black or African American | 3 (25%) | 1 (5%) |
| Other or more than one | 0 (0%) | 2 (10%) |
| Not reported | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) |
| Non-Hispanic | 10 (83%) | 19 (95%) |
| Not reported | 2 (17%) | 0 (0%) |
| Education level | ||
| <High school | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| High school or GED | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) |
| Some college | 0 (0%) | 5 (25%) |
| College or >4-year college graduate | 11 (92%) | 13 (65%) |
| Not reported | 1 (8%) | 1 (5%) |
| Aware of home-based CRC screening tests | 12 (100%) | 19 (95%) |
| Prior CRC screeningb | ||
| Never screened | 1 (8%) | 3 (15%) |
| Colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy | 10 (83%) | 13 (65%) |
| FIT or FOBT | 4 (33%) | 10 (50%) |
| >1 screening method | 3 (14%) | 5 (25%) |
FOBT, fecal occult blood test; GED, general equivalency diploma; SD, standard deviation.
aAge sample size for Washington participants is n = 19.
bSome participants utilized more than one screening test.