Table 2.
10-year prevalence of colonoscopy use (overall, screening and diagnostic) in 2017 according to federal state and other regional factors in persons aged ≤65 and >65 years
| Age ≤65 yearsa | Age >65 yearsa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Type of colonoscopy | Overall | Type of colonoscopy | |||
| Screening | Diagnostic | Screening | Diagnostic | |||
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Federal state | ||||||
| Schleswig-Holstein | 20.2 (20.1–20.4) | 5.9 (5.8–6.0) | 14.3 (14.2–14.5) | 49.7 (49.4–50.0) | 21.1 (20.9–21.3) | 28.6 (28.3–28.8) |
| Hamburg | 21.0 (20.8–21.2) | 6.0 (5.9–6.1) | 15.0 (14.9–15.2) | 52.3 (51.9–52.6) | 26.1 (25.8–26.4) | 26.2 (25.9–26.5) |
| Lower Saxony | 21.2 (21.1–21.3) | 6.3 (6.2–6.4) | 14.9 (14.8–15.0) | 49.7 (49.5–49.8) | 20.9 (20.8–21.1) | 28.7 (28.6–28.9) |
| Bremen | 20.6 (20.3–20.8) | 5.3 (5.2–5.4) | 15.3 (15.1–15.5) | 47.0 (46.7–47.4) | 17.4 (17.1–17.6) | 29.7 (29.3–30.0) |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 20.5 (20.5–20.6) | 5.1 (5.0–5.1) | 15.5 (15.4–15.5) | 47.3 (47.2–47.5) | 15.4 (15.3–15.5) | 31.9 (31.8–32.0) |
| Hesse | 21.8 (21.7–21.9) | 3.7 (3.6–3.7) | 18.1 (18.0–18.2) | 49.6 (49.4–49.8) | 12.0 (11.8–12.1) | 37.6 (37.4–37.8) |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 23.0 (22.8–23.2) | 5.4 (5.3–5.5) | 1 7.6 (17.4–17 . 7) | 49.8 (49.5–50.1) | 16.1 (15.9–16.3) | 33.7 (33.4–34.0) |
| Baden-Wuerttemberg | 22.2 (22.1–22.3) | 5.8 (5.7–5.8) | 16.4 (16.3–16.5) | 50.4 (50.2–50.6) | 17.2 (17.1–17.4) | 33.2 (33.0–33.3) |
| Bavaria | 23.1 (23.0–23.2) | 5.0 (5.0–5.1) | 18.1 (18.0–18.2) | 51.6 (51.4–51.8) | 17.4 (17.2–17.5) | 34.2 (34.1–34.4) |
| Saarland | 22.8 (22.4–23.1) | 5.8 (5.6–6.0) | 17.0 (16.7–17.3) | 47.3 (46.7–47.9) | 17.2 (16.7–17.6) | 30.2 (29.6–30.7) |
| Berlin | 18.9 (18.8–19.0) | 5.6 (5.5–5.7) | 13.3 (13.2–13.4) | 51.5 (51.2–51.8) | 23.1 (22.8–23.3) | 28.5 (28.2–28.8) |
| Brandenburg | 19.8 (19.6–20.0) | 7.0 (6.9–7.1) | 12.8 (12.6–12.9) | 48.8 (48.5–49.1) | 22.1 (21.8–22.3) | 26.8 (26.5–27.1) |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 22.0 (21.8–22.3) | 6.6 (6.4–6.7) | 15.4 (15.2–15.7) | 50.8 (50.4–51.2) | 17.3 (17.0–17.6) | 33.6 (33.2–33.9) |
| Saxony | 18.2 (18.0–18.4) | 5.8 (5.7–5.9) | 12.4 (12.2–12.6) | 47.9 (47.5–48.2) | 19.8 (19.5–20.1) | 28.1 (27.8–28.4) |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 19.7 (19.4–20.0) | 6.0 (5.8–6.2) | 13.7 (13.5–13.9) | 46.2 (45.7–46.6) | 17.5 (17.1–17.8) | 28.7 (28.3–29.1) |
| Thuringia | 20.5 (20.2–20.7) | 6.0 (5.8–6.1) | 14.5 (14.2–14.7) | 45.7 (45.3–46.1) | 16.7 (16.4–17.0) | 29.0 (28.6–29.4) |
| Geographical regionb | ||||||
| North | 20.5 (20.4–20.6) | 6.1 (6.1–6.1) | 14.4 (14.3–14.4) | 49.9 (49.8–50.0) | 21.2 (21.1–21.3) | 28.7 (28.6–28.8) |
| South | 22.7 (22.6–22.8) | 5.4 (5.3–5.4) | 17.3 (17.3–17.4) | 51.0 (50.9–51.1) | 17.3 (17.2–17.4) | 33.7 (33.6–33.8) |
| East | 19.3 (19.1–19.4) | 5.9 (5.8–6.0) | 13.4 (13.3–13.5) | 46.8 (46.5–47.0) | 18.2 (18.1–18.4) | 28.5 (28.3–28.7) |
| West | 21.3 (21.2–21.3) | 4.8 (4.8–4.9) | 16.4 (16.4–16.5) | 48.3 (48.1–48.4) | 14.8 (14.7–14.8) | 33.5 (33.4–33.6) |
| Urbanization of district of residence | ||||||
| Urban | 21.2 (21.1–21.2) | 5.3 (5.3–5.3) | 15.9 (15.8–15.9) | 49.7 (49.6–49.8) | 17 .7 (17.6–17.7) | 32.0 (32.0–32.1) |
| Rural | 21.5 (21.4–21.5) | 5.7 (5.7–5.8) | 15.8 (15.7–15.8) | 48.5 (48.4–48.6) | 17 .7 (17.7–17.8) | 30.7 (30.6–30.8) |
| Density of physicians | ||||||
| Lowc | 21.4 (21.4–21.5) | 5.5 (5.5–5.6) | 15.9 (15.8–15.9) | 49.3 (49.3–49.4) | 17.5 (17.4–17.6) | 31.8 (31.8–31.9) |
| Highd | 21.1 (21.1–21.2) | 5.3 (5.3–5.4) | 15.8 (15.7–15.8) | 49.4 (49.3–49.4) | 17.9 (17.8–17.9) | 31.5 (31.4–31.6) |
| Density of gastroenterologists | ||||||
| Lowe | 21.3 (21.3–21.4) | 5.4 (5.4–5.4) | 15.9 (15.9–16.0) | 49.4 (49.3–49.5) | 17 .3 (17. 3–17.4 ) | 32.1 (32.0–32.2) |
| Highf | 21.2 (21.1–21.2) | 5.5 (5.5–5.5) | 15.7 (15.6–15.7) | 49.3 (49.2–49.4) | 18.3 (18.2–18.4) | 31.0 (30.9–31.1) |
CI, confidence interval.
Age in 2017.
North: Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen, Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; South: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bayern; East: Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia; West: North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland.
Federal states with low density of physicians: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Brandenburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia.
Federal states with high density of physicians: Bavaria, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Schleswig-Holstein.
Federal states with low density of gastroenterologists: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia.
Federal states with high density of gastroenterologists: Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt.