Table 2.
Age-Standardized Percentages of US Women with or Without Diabetes Who Had Received Screenings* for Colorectal Cancer by Selected Characteristics, BRFSS 2006
| Colorectal cancer | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (n = 14,183) | No diabetes (n = 89,418) | |
| Total | 63.1 (0.9)† | 60.8 (0.3) |
| Age (years) | ||
| 50–59 | 55.4 (1.6)† | 51.5 (0.5) |
| 60–69 | 66.1 (1.7) | 66.4 (0.6) |
| ≥70 | 68.3 (1.2) | 67.6 (0.6) |
| Race | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 62.7 (0.9) | 62.0 (0.3) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 65.2 (2.1)‡ | 57.1 (1.4) |
| Hispanic | 53.6 (4.2) | 50.4 (2.2) |
| Other | 66.6 (4.0) | 59.7 (2.1) |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 65.8 (1.3) | 64.3 (0.4) |
| Divorced | 59.6 (2.0) | 57.6 (0.9) |
| Never married | 53.6 (3.7) | 56.0 (1.4) |
| Other | 60.6 (2.1) | 54.6 (1.5) |
| Education | ||
| < High school diploma | 54.5 (2.6)† | 47.6 (1.2) |
| High school graduate | 62.2 (1.4)‡ | 57.3 (0.5) |
| ≥ Some college or college graduate | 67.1 (1.2) | 65.2 (0.4) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||
| <25.0 | 63.4 (3.1) | 60.7 (0.5) |
| 25.0-<30.0 | 61.8 (1.6) | 61.5 (0.5) |
| ≥30.0 | 63.0 (1.2)† | 60.2 (0.7) |
| Smoking | ||
| Smoker | 56.7 (2.4)‡ | 48.5 (0.9) |
| Non-smoker | 63.2 (1.0) | 62.9 (0.4) |
| Health insurance | ||
| Yes | 64.0 (0.9) | 62.7 (0.3) |
| No | 49.2 (4.3)‡ | 36.8 (1.8) |
| Routine checkup within the past 2 years | ||
| Yes | 63.6 (0.9) | 64.3 (0.3) |
| No | 46.0 (3.7)‡ | 31.0 (0.9) |
Data expressed as percentages with standard errors in parentheses. *A composite measure of colorectal cancer screenings by a fecal occult blood test within the previous year and/or a sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy within the previous 10 years. †P < 0.05 and ‡P < 0.01 for comparisons between women with diabetes and those without; BRFSS: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System