Table 3: Self-reported indications for flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy within preceding 10 years.
| Jurisdiction; % of respondents who had test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | NL | PEI | NS | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC | Territories* | Canada |
|
Age 50–74 yr |
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| Family history |
30.9 |
19.6 |
17.8 |
23.3 |
18.5 |
15.4 |
13.1 |
18.5 |
18.5 |
20.0 |
24.9 |
17.5 |
| Routine screening |
23.8 |
23.6 |
36.2 |
33.5 |
35.0 |
55.6 |
36.1 |
36.7 |
43.5 |
36.3 |
41.6 |
45.0 |
| Age |
2.2 |
9.8 |
4.9 |
8.8 |
6.3 |
15.6 |
8.6 |
7.9 |
8.6 |
5.8 |
9.5 |
10.7 |
| Follow-up of problem |
45.9 |
56.4 |
46.9 |
43.1 |
35.6 |
28.5 |
38.3 |
37.7 |
30.7 |
38.7 |
28.9 |
33.1 |
| Follow-up of CRC treatment |
3.3 |
0.1 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
3.3 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
1.9 |
|
Age 40–49 yr |
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| Family history |
48.3 |
13.4 |
18.4 |
44.0 |
17.0 |
28.4 |
32.3 |
32.8 |
23.9 |
28.6 |
30.6 |
25.8 |
| Routine screening |
17.1 |
0.0 |
14.5 |
11.3 |
14.0 |
27.5 |
14.2 |
4.5 |
10.2 |
12.6 |
19.5 |
18.4 |
| Age |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
5.2 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
1..2 |
2.8 |
| Follow-up of problem |
35.6 |
86.6 |
72.5 |
47.3 |
56.6 |
48.2 |
50.9 |
62.8 |
47.4 |
64.1 |
50.0 |
52.6 |
| Follow-up of CRC treatment |
1.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
|
Age ≥ 74 yr |
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| Family history |
11.1 |
12.5 |
12.1 |
15.1 |
9.5 |
7.7 |
10.4 |
16.2 |
8.6 |
10.4 |
12.1 |
9.3 |
| Routine screening |
21.2 |
30.7 |
30.8 |
34.3 |
45.3 |
57.7 |
38.9 |
33.5 |
50.0 |
43.8 |
53.4 |
49.2 |
| Age |
0.0 |
2.1 |
1.6 |
3.7 |
5.5 |
11.8 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
11.8 |
3.4 |
0.0 |
7.9 |
| Follow-up of problem |
65.8 |
56.2 |
49.2 |
50.8 |
34.8 |
33.5 |
44.9 |
51.4 |
29.7 |
38.7 |
28.9 |
36.6 |
| Follow-up of CRC treatment | 4.9 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
Note: AB = Alberta, BC = British Columbia, CRC = colorectal cancer, MB = Manitoba, NB = New Brunswick, NL = Newfoundland and Labrador, NS = Nova Scotia, ON = Ontario, PEI = Prince Edward Island, QC = Quebec, SK = Saskatchewan. *Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut.