Table 2. CRC screening participation in the ACCFR by age and risk category.
| Age category | 18-39 years | 40-49 years | 50-59 years | 60-69 years | ≥70 years | ||||||||||
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| n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | |
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Risk category 1 (N=954) At or slightly above average risk |
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| Never screened | 111 | 98.3 | (93-99.5) | 185 | 93.9 | (89.5-96.5) | 108 | 63.1 | (55.6-70.0) | 194 | 64.2 | (58.6-69.4) | 113 | 66.1 | (58.6-72.8) |
| Some screening | na | na | 11 | 6.4 | (3.5-11.2) | 12 | 3.9 | (2.2-6.8) | 4 | 2.4 | (0.1-6.0) | ||||
| Appropriate screening | na | na | 25 | 14.6 | (10.0-20.7) | 47 | 15.5 | (11.8-20.1) | 17 | 9.9 | (6.2-15.4) | ||||
| Over-screening | 2 | 1.7 | (0.4-6.8) | 12 | 6.1 | (3.4-10.4) | 27 | 15.9 | (11.0-22.0) | 49 | 16.4 | (12.4-20.8) | 37 | 21.6 | (16.0-28.4) |
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Risk category 2 (N=1006) Moderately increased risk | |||||||||||||||
| Never screened | 213 | 93.1 | (88.8-95.6) | 118 | 60.5 | (53.4-67.1) | 119 | 50.2 | (43.8-56.5) | 78 | 40.6 | (33.8-47.7) | 101 | 66.0 | (58.1-73.1) |
| Some screening | na | na | 3 | 1.2 | (0.4-3.8) | 2 | 1 | (0.2-4.0) | 1 | 0.7 | (0.09-4.5)) | ||||
| Appropriate screening | na | na | 115 | 48.6 | (42.2-54.8) | 112 | 58.4 | (51.2-65.1) | 51 | 33.3 | (26.3-41.2) | ||||
| Over-screening | 16 | 6.9 | (4.3-11.1) | 77 | 39.5 | (32.8-46.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
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Risk category 3 (N=520) Potentially high risk |
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| Never screened | 56 | 91.8 | (81.1-96.5) | 75 | 65.2 | (56.0-73.3) | 69 | 50.3 | (42.0-58.6) | 50 | 41.6 | (33.1-50.7) | 39 | 44.8 | (34.6-55.4) |
| Some screening | 1 | 1.6 | (0.2-10.9) | 8 | 6.9 | (3.5-13.3) | 3 | 2.19 | (0.7-6.6) | 13 | 10.8 | (6.3-17.8) | 13 | 14.9 | (8.8-24.1) |
| Appropriate screening | 4 | 6.5 | (2.4-16.3) | 32 | 27.8 | (20.3-36.7) | 65 | 47.4 | (39.1-55.8) | 57 | 47.5 | (38.6-56.4) | 35 | 40.2 | (30.4-50.9) |
| Over-screening | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
CI: confidence interval