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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Dec 4;11(5):526–533. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.11.025

Table 2.

Percentage of respondents adherent to risk-appropriate colorectal cancer screening by rural/urban residence for selected factors

Count Urban Adherent % Urban Adherent Count Rural Adherent % Rural Adherent
Total observations 2151 68.34 693 56.84**
Race
 Non-Hispanic White 2003 69.15 655 57.54**
 Hispanic 70 58.78 17 47.16**
 Other 64 56.92 15 45.55**
 Missing/unknown 14 79.91 6 58.06
Sex
 Male 925 69.44 308 58.76**
 Female 1226 67.28 385 54.83**
Age group
 50–54 372 52.70 107 41.94**
 55–59 496 69.55 172 59.66**
 60–64 475 75.53 148 62.29**
 65–69 408 78.48 146 69.73**
 70–75 400 78.92 120 61.23**
Education
 Less than high school 55 46.72 30 43.98*
 High school graduate 502 64.51 189 49.57**
 Some college 666 64.01 229 58.77**
 College graduate 926 76.05 245 65.01**
Income
 Less than $25,000 303 57.52 110 49.78**
 $25,000 to $50,000 511 69.12 182 53.42**
 $50,000 to $75,000 340 67.90 121 57.71**
 More than $75,000 771 72.78 208 66.01**
 Missing/unknown 226 65.04 72 55.49**
Marital status
 Married 1577 70.42 536 59.40**
 Not married 555 60.25 154 47.04**
Health insurance
 Yes 2051 70.39 665 60.14**
 No 99 45.27 26 23.23**
Personal provider
 Yes 2012 71.48 633 59.22**
 No 135 41.72 59 40.76
Median travel time
 <10 minutes 1810 68.83 489 58.96**
 10 - <20 minutes 313 66.21 124 54.12**
 ≥20 28 60.09 80 51.52**
Risk
 Average risk 1923 67.61 612 56.07**
 Slightly increased risk 151 79.34 45 73.36**
 High risk 77 68.31 36 53.56**

All percentage are values weighted to reflect 2010 Utah population

*

p<.05

**

p<.001