Table 2.
Percentagea of Non-Hispanic and Hispanic Respondents Aged 50 Years and Older (N = 110,413) Who Reported Receiving Colorectal Cancer Tests Within Recommended Screening Intervals, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002
| Characteristic | No. of Respondents | FOBTbWithin 1 Year | Lower EndoscopyWithin 10 Years | ||||
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| Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | Non-Hispanic,% (95% CIc) | Hispanic,% (95% CIc) | Non-Hispanic,% (95% CIc) | Hispanic,% (95% CIc) | ||
| Total | 104,733 | 5680 | 22.3 (21.9-22.7) | 12.5 (10.4-14.6) | 45.9 (45.5-46.4) | 36.2 (33.4-39.0) | |
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| Male | 40,325 | 2153 | 23.4 (22.7-24.1) | 13.8 (10.1-17.5) | 47.8 (47.0-48.6) | 35.3 (31.0-39.6) | |
| Female | 64,408 | 3527 | 21.6 (21.1-22.1) | 11.7 (9.4-14.0) | 44.5 (43.8-45.2) | 37.2 (33.6-40.8) | |
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| 50–59 | 41,155 | 2459 | 18.1 (17.5-18.7) | 9.8 (7.5-12.1) | 37.2 (36.4-38.0) | 25.3 (21.9-28.7) | |
| 60–69 | 29,150 | 1731 | 24.7 (23.8-25.6) | 13.5 (10.5-16.5) | 49.7 (48.7-50.7) | 37.7 (33.0-42.4) | |
| 70–79 | 23,449 | 1106 | 27.4 (26.4-28.4) | 16.0 (9.5-22.5) | 55.5 (54.4-56.6) | 46.9 (38.9-54.9) | |
| ≥80 | 10,979 | 384 | 22.4 (21.1-23.7) | 13.1 (5.8-20.4) | 49.4 (47.7-51.1) | 50.5 (40.1-60.9) | |
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| Education | |||||||
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| <High school | 14,422 | 2242 | 16.8 (15.6-18.0) | 6.4 (4.3-8.5) | 34.7 (33.2-36.2) | 30.2 (26.0-34.4) | |
| High school graduate | 35,081 | 1645 | 21.1 (20.4-21.8) | 18.2 (13.2-23.2) | 42.0 (41.1-42.9) | 36.5 (31.9-41.1) | |
| >High school | 54,951 | 1774 | 24.4 (23.8-25.0) | 17.3 (13.4-21.2) | 51.0 (50.3-51.7) | 45.1 (40.3-49.9) | |
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| <20,000 | 2,176 | 2650 | 19.2 (18.2-20.2) | 6.5 (4.7-8.3) | 36.7 (35.5-37.9) | 32.0 (28.1-35.9) | |
| 20,000–34,999 | 23,114 | 1097 | 21.1 (20.3-21.9) | 17.7 (12.3-23.1) | 42.1 (41.0-43.2) | 39.6 (33.8-45.4) | |
| 35,000–74,999 | 23,916 | 849 | 23.5 (22.6-24.4) | 22.8 (15.8-29.8) | 50.0 (48.9-51.1) | 37.2 (29.6-44.8) | |
| ≥75,000 | 14,237 | 272 | 26.7 (25.1-28.3) | 21.4 (13.3-29.5) | 57.1 (55.3-58.9) | 56.5 (47.4-65.6) | |
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| Insurance | |||||||
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| Yes | 96,838 | 4943 | 23.0 (22.5-23.5) | 14.0 (11.7-16.3) | 47.2 (46.7-47.7) | 38.5 (35.5-41.5) | |
| No | 7,727 | 730 | 13.8 (11.9-15.7) | —d | 27.9 (25.5-30.3) | 20.3 (13.5-27.1) | |
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| Usual source of health care | |||||||
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| Yes | 94,595 | 4792 | 23.5 (23.0-24.0) | 14.3 (12.0-16.6) | 47.9 (47.3-48.5) | 40.4 (37.5-43.3) | |
| No | 9,915 | 880 | 10.5 (9.4-11.6) | 6.5 (2.3-10.7) | 26.8 (24.8-28.8) | 21.5 (15.3-27.7) | |
a
Age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. census.
b
FOBT indicates fecal occult blood test.
c
CI indicates confidence interval.
d
Unstable estimate (relative SE >30%).