Table 1.
Characteristic | N (%) |
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Age, years | |
70-74 | 75 (35.4) |
75-79 | 93 (43.9) |
≥ 80 | 44 (20.8) |
| |
Male Gender | 211 (99.5) |
| |
Race/Ethnicity | |
White | 180 (84.9) |
Black | 30 (14.2) |
Other | 2 (0.9) |
| |
Married | 145 (68.4) |
| |
Charlson categories* | |
0 | 66 (31.1) |
1-3 | 119 (56.1) |
4+ | 27 (12.7) |
| |
VA Site | |
A | 57 (26.9) |
B | 119 (56.1) |
C | 21 (9.9) |
D | 15 (7.1) |
| |
Lived in ZCTA in which ≥ 25% of Adults Had a College Education** | 56 (26.4) |
| |
Median Income of ZCTA (dollars) | 22,378 (9,810- 75,050) |
| |
Anti-coagulated with Coumadin | 26 (12.3) |
| |
History of Prior CRC Screening | 117 (55.2%) |
| |
Life Expectancy Groups | |
Best Life-Expectancy (70-79 and Charlson =0) | 51 (24.1) |
Average Life-Expectancy (70-84 and Charlson=1-3 or ≥85 years and Charlson=0) |
131 (61.8) |
Worst Life-Expectancy (70+ and Charlson ≥ 4 or 85+ and Charlson≥1) | 30 (14.2) |
<1% of patients in our cohort had dementia at the time of their screening FOBT test.
ZTCA=ZIP Code Tabulation Areas