Figure 1.

Progress toward meeting Healthy People 2020 cancer screening targets (2), National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2008 and 2015 estimates of cancer screening test use based on US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations: Papanicolaou test among women aged 21 to 65 in past 3 years, mammogram among women 50 to 74 within past 2 years, colorectal cancer tests among adults aged 50 to 75 years (fecal occult blood test [FOBT] within past year or flexible sigmoidoscopy past within 5 years and FOBT within past 3 years or colonoscopy within past 10 years). Healthy People 2020 targets represent improvements over 2008 baseline age-adjusted screening levels of 10% for Papanicolaou test, 10% for mammography, and 35% for colorectal cancer testing. Brackets indicate gap between NHIS 2015 reported screening and Healthy People 2020 targets. Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.

Screening Test	Prevalence (Predictive Margin) by Year, %
	2008 NHIS	2015 NHIS Females	2015 NHIS Males	HP2020 Target
Papanicolaou test	84.5	81.3	NA	93.0
Mammogram	73.7	71.7	NA	81.1
Colorectal cancer tests	52.1	63.4	61.9	70.5