Table 4.
Percentagea of Hispanic Respondents Aged 50 Years and Older Who Reported Receiving Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT), Lower Endoscopy, or Both Within Recommended Intervals, by Area and Test Type, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002
| Area | Hispanic Ethnicity, % of U.S. Population (2000 Census) | No. of Hispanic Respond-ents | FOBT Within 1 Year, % (95% CIb) | Lower Endoscopy Within 10 Years, % (95% CIb) | FOBT Within 1 Year or Lower Endoscopy Within 10 Years, % (95% CIb) |
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| Northeast | |||||
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| Massachusetts | 6.8 | 148 | 24.1 (16.3-31.9) | 47.1 (38.5-55.7) | 61.5 (52.8-70.2) |
| New York | 15.1 | 103 | 16.7 (9.0-24.4) | 37.3 (27.2-47.4) | 49.5 (37.7-61.3) |
| New Jersey | 13.3 | 110 | 13.6 (7.3-19.9) | 41.8 (29.0-54.6) | 51.4 (40.2-62.6) |
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| South | |||||
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| Florida | 16.8 | 196 | 17.2 (10.8-23.6) | 41.5 (34.1-48.9) | 46.7 (39.1-54.3) |
| Texas | 32.0 | 334 | 8.5 (5.4-11.6) | 31.2 (25.1-37.3) | 38.2 (32.0-44.4) |
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| West | |||||
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| Arizona | 25.3 | 129 | 21.2 (12.6-29.8) | 34.8 (26.3-43.3) | 47.1 (37.8-56.4) |
| California | 32.4 | 180 | 11.2 (5.3-17.1) | 37.6 (29.6-45.6) | 40.3 (32.1-48.5) |
| Colorado | 17.1 | 135 | 15.8 (10.1-21.5) | 28.9 (21.4-36.4) | 35.7 (27.7-43.7) |
| New Mexico | 42.1 | 600 | 13.6 (10.4-16.8) | 36.4 (31.7-41.1) | 43.6 (38.8-48.4) |
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| Puerto Rico | 98.8 | 1873 | —c | 30.0 (27.4-32.6) | 30.3 (27.7-32.9) |
a
Age-adjusted to 2000 U.S. census.
b
CI indicates confidence interval.
c
Unstable estimate (relative SE >30%)