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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 85,028 37,044 44.6 44.1-45.2 47,984 55.4 54.8-55.9
Alabama 1,144 395 36.3 33.1-39.5 749 63.7 60.5-66.9
Alaska 918 326 35.7 31.2-40.5 592 64.3 59.5-68.8
Arizona 1,444 697 50.5 46.9-54.2 747 49.5 45.8-53.1
Arkansas 1,283 533 42.4 39.4-45.4 750 57.6 54.6-60.6
California 1,588 720 41.7 38.8-44.7 868 58.3 55.3-61.2
Colorado 693 365 52.2 48.1-56.2 328 47.8 43.8-51.9
Connecticut 3,145 1,530 48.8 46.7-50.8 1,615 51.2 49.2-53.3
Delaware 1,477 632 42.7 39.5-45.9 845 57.3 54.1-60.5
District of Colum 680 338 47.9 43.7-52.2 342 52.1 47.8-56.3
Florida 2,047 973 46.9 44.5-49.4 1,074 53.1 50.6-55.5
Georgia 1,639 715 45.3 42.4-48.3 924 54.7 51.7-57.6
Hawaii 1,840 895 50.0 46.8-53.1 945 50.0 46.9-53.2
Idaho 1,949 800 43.0 40.3-45.6 1,149 57.0 54.4-59.7
Illinois 855 352 41.2 37.6-44.9 503 58.8 55.1-62.4
Indiana 1,588 678 43.1 40.5-45.8 910 56.9 54.2-59.5
Iowa 1,607 817 49.9 47.2-52.7 790 50.1 47.3-52.8
Kansas 1,738 857 50.0 47.5-52.6 881 50.0 47.4-52.5
Kentucky 3,346 1,274 40.8 38.4-43.3 2,072 59.2 56.7-61.6
Louisiana 1,859 706 39.0 36.6-41.6 1,153 61.0 58.4-63.4
Maine 1,081 585 54.0 50.7-57.3 496 46.0 42.7-49.3
Maryland 1,742 916 53.2 50.2-56.2 826 46.8 43.8-49.8
Massachusetts 3,136 1,501 48.9 46.9-51.0 1,635 51.1 49.0-53.1
Michigan 1,575 784 51.2 48.4-53.9 791 48.8 46.1-51.6
Minnesota 1,645 923 55.5 52.9-58.1 722 44.5 41.9-47.1
Mississippi 1,234 397 32.2 29.4-35.2 837 67.8 64.8-70.6
Missouri 1,887 820 44.7 41.6-47.8 1,067 55.3 52.2-58.4
Montana 1,575 634 43.8 40.5-47.2 941 56.2 52.8-59.5
Nebraska 1,582 743 46.8 44.0-49.5 839 53.2 50.5-56.0
Nevada 1,058 439 41.7 36.9-46.7 619 58.3 53.3-63.1
New Hampshire 1,608 816 52.1 49.4-54.7 792 47.9 45.3-50.6
New Jersey 2,291 929 42.6 40.1-45.2 1,362 57.4 54.8-59.9
New Mexico 1,538 559 39.7 36.8-42.7 979 60.3 57.3-63.2
New York 1,413 630 44.6 41.6-47.6 783 55.4 52.4-58.4
North Carolina 2,514 1,439 55.1 52.3-57.9 1,075 44.9 42.1-47.7
North Dakota 957 386 39.3 36.1-42.7 571 60.7 57.3-63.9
Ohio 1,357 636 46.4 43.4-49.5 721 53.6 50.5-56.6
Oklahoma 2,067 712 35.8 33.2-38.5 1,355 64.2 61.5-66.8
Oregon 1,023 577 55.6 52.3-58.9 446 44.4 41.1-47.7
Pennsylvania 1,623 723 45.2 42.6-47.9 900 54.8 52.1-57.4
Rhode Island 1,633 740 45.8 43.0-48.5 893 54.2 51.5-57.0
South Carolina 1,221 556 44.8 41.8-47.9 665 55.2 52.1-58.2
South Dakota 2,339 1,002 43.8 41.6-46.1 1,337 56.2 53.9-58.4
Tennessee 1,189 453 39.0 35.8-42.2 736 61.0 57.8-64.2
Texas 2,192 841 37.4 35.2-39.6 1,351 62.6 60.4-64.8
Utah 1,258 459 36.0 32.6-39.5 799 64.0 60.5-67.4
Vermont 1,788 950 54.3 51.7-56.8 838 45.7 43.2-48.3
Virginia 1,150 539 48.3 45.1-51.5 611 51.7 48.5-54.9
Washington 1,540 905 59.1 56.4-61.7 635 40.9 38.3-43.6
West Virginia 1,473 579 38.2 35.6-41.0 894 61.8 59.0-64.4
Wisconsin 1,267 622 50.3 47.1-53.4 645 49.7 46.6-52.9
Wyoming 1,229 452 37.2 34.4-40.2 777 62.8 59.8-65.6
Guam 190 31 17.8 12.3-25.2 159 82.2 74.8-87.7
Puerto Rico 2,009 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 2,005 99.7 99.0-99.9
Virgin Islands 804 159 20.0 16.6-23.8 645 80.0 76.2-83.4

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being age 50 and older.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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