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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Colorectal Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last blood stool test using a home kit?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 36,059 19,145 53.5 52.6-54.3 6,611 18.5 17.9-19.2 5,368 15.3 14.7-15.9 4,935 12.7 12.2-13.2
Alabama 169 63 35.0 27.7-43.0 38 24.8 18.2-32.9 30 17.5 12.1-24.4 38 22.7 16.6-30.4
Alaska 320 127 39.4 32.0-47.4 65 21.4 15.1-29.5 54 16.0 11.1-22.5 74 23.1 16.9-30.8
Arizona 686 345 48.8 43.5-54.0 133 19.9 16.0-24.5 122 18.3 14.5-22.8 86 13.0 9.7-17.3
Arkansas 520 223 44.0 39.5-48.7 88 17.9 14.5-21.9 85 15.2 12.2-18.7 124 22.9 19.3-27.0
California 717 361 51.2 46.9-55.5 141 20.9 17.5-24.7 135 17.3 14.4-20.5 80 10.6 8.5-13.3
Colorado 358 194 52.9 47.2-58.5 61 17.2 13.4-21.8 65 17.7 13.9-22.3 38 12.2 8.7-17.0
Connecticut 1,496 897 59.6 56.6-62.5 261 17.5 15.3-19.8 188 12.7 10.8-14.8 150 10.3 8.6-12.3
Delaware 620 313 49.8 44.8-54.7 132 20.3 16.6-24.4 100 17.7 14.1-21.9 75 12.3 9.3-16.1
District of Colum 331 204 63.0 57.0-68.7 62 16.7 12.9-21.4 27 10.1 6.6-15.2 38 10.2 7.3-14.1
Florida 948 588 62.4 58.9-65.7 150 16.6 14.1-19.5 113 11.8 9.7-14.3 97 9.2 7.4-11.4
Georgia 684 348 52.8 48.4-57.3 132 20.5 17.0-24.3 85 13.2 10.4-16.7 119 13.5 11.1-16.3
Hawaii 885 484 57.6 53.1-62.0 187 20.8 17.4-24.6 136 13.6 11.0-16.8 78 8.0 5.9-10.8
Idaho 782 325 43.1 39.1-47.2 155 19.2 16.2-22.7 157 20.7 17.6-24.2 145 16.9 14.2-20.1
Illinois 350 184 53.1 47.4-58.7 64 17.3 13.5-21.9 43 12.4 9.2-16.6 59 17.2 13.2-22.1
Indiana 670 324 49.7 45.6-53.7 124 18.1 15.2-21.4 110 15.7 13.0-18.9 112 16.5 13.7-19.8
Iowa 795 388 49.6 45.7-53.5 148 18.9 16.0-22.1 127 16.5 13.8-19.7 132 15.0 12.5-17.9
Kansas 832 402 49.4 45.8-53.1 170 20.4 17.6-23.5 123 14.3 11.9-17.1 137 15.9 13.4-18.7
Kentucky 1,242 662 53.2 49.2-57.1 239 19.5 16.5-22.8 187 16.3 13.4-19.8 154 11.0 8.9-13.5
Louisiana 682 390 58.4 54.2-62.4 120 16.3 13.5-19.5 88 12.4 10.0-15.3 84 12.9 10.3-16.1
Maine 574 366 64.2 59.8-68.3 81 14.9 12.0-18.4 71 12.1 9.5-15.3 56 8.8 6.7-11.5
Maryland 895 543 61.6 57.7-65.4 166 19.3 16.4-22.7 90 9.2 7.3-11.6 96 9.8 7.9-12.3
Massachusetts 1,476 939 64.0 61.2-66.8 247 15.8 13.8-18.1 154 10.4 8.7-12.3 136 9.8 8.1-11.7
Michigan 771 390 50.5 46.7-54.3 159 21.4 18.4-24.8 119 15.5 12.9-18.5 103 12.6 10.3-15.3
Minnesota 908 395 42.6 39.2-46.1 185 20.3 17.7-23.3 174 19.8 17.1-22.8 154 17.2 14.7-20.1
Mississippi 378 187 52.3 46.7-57.7 66 16.4 12.9-20.7 62 15.6 12.0-20.0 63 15.7 12.1-20.0
Missouri 806 404 51.8 47.1-56.4 145 17.8 14.2-22.1 140 16.8 13.6-20.5 117 13.6 10.9-16.9
Montana 625 304 47.6 42.5-52.8 129 21.1 17.0-25.8 93 15.5 12.1-19.6 99 15.8 12.4-19.9
Nebraska 723 392 56.1 52.0-60.1 139 18.7 15.8-22.0 100 12.7 10.4-15.4 92 12.5 10.1-15.4
Nevada 431 207 52.0 43.5-60.3 91 17.8 13.1-23.7 68 16.6 11.6-23.2 65 13.7 9.9-18.5
New Hampshire 802 502 64.1 60.5-67.6 122 14.6 12.2-17.5 102 12.8 10.5-15.5 76 8.5 6.7-10.7
New Jersey 905 514 57.9 53.8-61.9 167 17.8 15.1-20.9 113 12.8 10.2-15.8 111 11.5 9.2-14.4
New Mexico 551 267 50.6 45.6-55.6 88 15.8 12.3-20.0 97 17.4 14.1-21.4 99 16.2 13.0-20.0
New York 619 341 56.2 51.6-60.6 122 19.6 16.3-23.4 98 15.3 12.3-18.8 58 8.9 6.6-12.0
North Carolina 1,416 872 60.1 56.4-63.7 249 18.4 15.5-21.6 158 11.0 8.9-13.6 137 10.5 8.4-13.1
North Dakota 381 188 48.6 43.2-54.1 63 16.9 13.2-21.4 64 17.7 13.8-22.3 66 16.8 13.1-21.2
Ohio 619 316 51.2 46.7-55.7 116 19.2 15.9-23.0 113 16.9 13.8-20.6 74 12.7 10.0-16.1
Oklahoma 696 350 53.3 48.6-57.9 115 15.7 12.7-19.2 106 15.5 12.3-19.4 125 15.5 12.6-18.8
Oregon 570 287 51.8 47.4-56.2 105 18.1 15.0-21.7 99 17.1 13.9-20.7 79 13.1 10.4-16.3
Pennsylvania 712 371 53.2 49.2-57.2 112 15.2 12.6-18.3 129 18.4 15.5-21.7 100 13.1 10.7-16.0
Rhode Island 724 423 59.1 55.1-63.1 121 16.5 13.7-19.8 100 14.3 11.7-17.4 80 10.0 7.7-12.9
South Carolina 542 283 53.5 48.9-58.0 99 18.1 14.9-21.9 88 16.2 13.1-19.8 72 12.2 9.6-15.4
South Dakota 971 517 55.7 52.2-59.2 159 16.2 13.8-19.0 139 13.4 11.3-15.8 156 14.6 12.5-17.1
Tennessee 433 245 56.9 51.6-62.1 72 17.2 13.4-21.8 58 13.3 10.1-17.3 58 12.6 9.5-16.4
Texas 825 392 49.1 45.5-52.8 146 16.7 14.2-19.6 142 17.5 14.9-20.5 145 16.6 14.0-19.5
Utah 454 186 42.5 36.3-49.0 82 15.8 12.1-20.4 80 17.2 13.2-22.2 106 24.4 19.5-30.1
Vermont 931 568 61.4 58.0-64.7 171 18.9 16.3-21.8 111 11.5 9.5-13.8 81 8.2 6.5-10.3
Virginia 529 253 46.6 41.9-51.3 125 22.8 19.2-26.9 86 17.9 14.5-22.0 65 12.7 9.9-16.1
Washington 896 457 51.8 48.3-55.3 168 17.9 15.4-20.7 143 16.2 13.8-19.0 128 14.1 11.8-16.8
West Virginia 565 313 55.4 51.0-59.8 81 15.1 12.1-18.6 66 11.3 8.9-14.4 105 18.2 15.0-21.8
Wisconsin 615 273 45.8 41.5-50.2 122 19.3 16.1-22.9 116 18.6 15.4-22.4 104 16.3 13.4-19.8
Wyoming 440 169 38.6 33.9-43.6 98 21.6 17.8-26.0 87 20.4 16.7-24.8 86 19.3 15.7-23.5
Guam 30 20 62.6 41.5-79.7 4 14.8 5.2-35.5 2 8.9 2.2-29.4 4 13.7 4.4-35.8
Puerto Rico 3 2 31.1 3.9-83.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 68.9 16.7-96.1 0 0.0 . - .
Virgin Islands 156 87 53.2 43.0-63.1 26 17.0 10.7-26.0 24 15.2 9.1-24.4 19 14.6 8.6-23.5

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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 and reported having a blood stool test and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

#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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