TABLE 1. Percentage of respondents aged 50–75 years who reported being up to date* with colorectal cancer screening, by age group and selected characteristics — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), United States, 2018†.
| Characteristic | Age group (yrs) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All (50–75) | 50–64 | 65–75§ | |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Total | 68.8 (68.3–69.3) | 63.3 (62.7–63.9) | 79.2 (78.5–79.8) |
| Sex | |||
| Men | 67.0 (66.3–67.7) | 61.1 (60.2–62.0) | 78.2 (77.1–79.2) |
| Women | 70.5 (69.9–71.2) | 65.4 (64.5–66.2) | 80.1 (79.2–80.9) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| White, non-Hispanic | 71.0 (70.6–71.5) | 65.7 (65.1–66.3) | 80.7 (80.1–81.2) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 70.0 (68.5–71.5) | 65.1 (63.2–66.9) | 79.7 (76.8–82.3) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic | 64.8 (60.7–68.7) | 59.1 (54.0–64.0) | 76.4 (69.8–81.9) |
| AI/AN, non-Hispanic | 62.1 (58.6–65.5) | 55.1 (50.5–59.6) | 76.6 (71.7–80.8) |
| Other/Multiracial, non-Hispanic | 65.1 (61.9–68.1) | 61.3 (57.5–65.0) | 72.4 (66.6–77.5) |
| Hispanic | 56.1 (53.8–58.5) | 50.6 (47.9–53.3) | 68.5 (63.7–72.9) |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school graduate | 53.0 (51.2–54.9) | 46.8 (44.6–49.0) | 65.5 (62.2–68.6) |
| High school graduate/GED | 65.7 (64.8–66.5) | 59.8 (58.7–60.9) | 76.7 (75.6–77.8) |
| Some college/technical school | 71.4 (70.6–72.2) | 66.0 (64.8–67.1) | 81.1 (80.0–82.2) |
| College graduate | 75.6 (74.9–76.2) | 70.7 (69.8–71.6) | 85.0 (84.2–85.8) |
| Annual household income ($) | |||
| <15,000 | 58.0 (56.3–59.8) | 53.4 (51.3–55.4) | 66.9 (63.7–70.0) |
| 15,000–34,999 | 62.2 (61.1–63.2) | 54.5 (53.1–56.0) | 75.2 (73.9–76.5) |
| 35,000–49,999 | 67.5 (65.9–69.0) | 60.1 (57.9–62.3) | 80.3 (78.7–81.8) |
| 50,000–74,999 | 72.6 (71.4–73.7) | 66.2 (64.5–67.8) | 83.8 (82.6–85.0) |
| ≥75,000 | 76.1 (75.4–76.8) | 70.8 (69.9–71.8) | 87.1 (86.2–88.0) |
| Residence location | |||
| Metropolitan¶ | 72.8 (71.6–73.9) | 68.1 (66.5–69.7) | 80.2 (78.8–81.4) |
| Nonmetropolitan | 69.4 (68.4–70.4) | 64.4 (63.0–65.8) | 77.6 (76.3–78.7) |
| Health insurance status | |||
| Yes | 71.2 (70.8–71.7) | 66.7 (66.0–67.3) | 79.7 (79.0–80.3) |
| No | 40.1 (37.3–43.0) | 32.6 (30.5–34.7) | 55.7 (48.7–62.5) |
| Regular health care provider status | |||
| Yes | 72.9 (72.4–73.4) | 68.1 (67.5–68.8) | 81.6 (81.0–82.3) |
| No | 36.1 (34.6–37.7) | 32.7 (31.1–34.4) | 45.6 (42.2–49.0) |
Abbreviations: AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native; CI = confidence interval; GED = general educational development certificate.
* Blood stool test within the past 1 year, sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years, and/or colonoscopy within the past 10 years.
† Data were weighted to the age, sex, and racial/ethnic distribution of each state’s adult population using intercensal estimates and were age-standardized to the 2018 BRFSS population.
§ All reported data significantly different (p<0.005) by age group (50–64 years compared with 65–75 years).
¶ Metropolitan is defined as in the center city of a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or outside the center city of an MSA but inside the county containing the center city. Nonmetropolitan is defined as inside a suburban county of the MSA, in an MSA that has no center city, or not in an MSA.