TABLE 4—

Characteristics of 55 Men and Women Aged 50 Years and Older Who Knew About Screening for Colon Cancer, Were Up to Date on Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy, Fecal Occult Blood Tests, or Both, and Were Willing to Have Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy in Jail

	No.	Knew About Col/Sig, No. (%)a	Up to Date Col/Sig or FOBT, No. (%)b	Willing to Have Col/Sig in Jail, No. (%)
Total number	55	14 (25)	16 (29)	31 (56)
Age, y
50–59	43	9 (21)	11 (26)	24 (56)
60–64	8	3 (38)	2 (25)	4 (100)
≥ 65	4	2 (50)	3 (75)	3 (75)
Lifetime years in jail/prison
< 1	7	0 (0)	1 (14)	3 (43)
1–5	24	7 (29)	8 (33)	15 (63)
> 5	22	7 32)	7 (32)	13 (59)
Male	51	13 (56)	15 (29)	28 (55)
Female	4	1 (25)	1 (25)	3 (75)
Race/ethnicityc
African American	29	6 (21)	7 (24)	19 (66)
White	11	7 (64)	4 (35)	4 (36)
Latino	3	0 (0)	2 (67)	3 (100)
Multiple	4	0 (0)	1 (25)	2 (50)
Other	8	1 (12)	2 (25)	3 (37)
Born in United States	47	14 (30)	13 (28)	27 (57)
Born outside United States	8	0 (0)	3 (37)	4 (50)
Insured	25	10 (40)	10 (40)	17 (68)
Not insured/unknown insurance status	30	4 (13)	6 (20)	14 (47)
Knew about col/sig	14	. . .	6 (43)	8 (57)
Didn’t know about col/sig	41	. . .	10 (24)	23 (56)
Up to date on col/sig or FOBT	16	. . .	. . .	10 (63)
Not up to date on col/sig or FOBT	39	. . .	. . .	21 (56)

Note. FOBT = fecal occult blood test; col/sig = colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy. Numbers do not add to 55 in all rows because of participants declining to answer.

^aUsed a key word/words indicating knowledge of colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy for colon cancer screening; no participants indicated knowledge of FOBT

^bOne participant who could not remember the length of time since his last test was considered not up to date.

^cLatino = Latino or Hispanic; multiple = multiple ethnicities; other = other ethnicities.