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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 109235 49,598 45.0 44.5-45.5 59,637 55.0 54.5-55.5
Alabama 1,441 597 40.1 37.3-43.0 844 59.9 57.0-62.7
Alaska 917 347 41.6 36.5-46.8 570 58.4 53.2-63.5
Arizona 1,685 859 52.2 48.5-55.9 826 47.8 44.1-51.5
Arkansas 1,902 837 44.0 41.5-46.5 1,065 56.0 53.5-58.5
California 1,647 788 42.7 39.8-45.6 859 57.3 54.4-60.2
Colorado 1,645 902 53.1 50.2-56.0 743 46.9 44.0-49.8
Connecticut 2,408 1,215 50.6 48.2-53.1 1,193 49.4 46.9-51.8
Delaware 1,868 890 46.0 42.9-49.1 978 54.0 50.9-57.1
District of Columbia 893 523 54.9 50.9-58.9 370 45.1 41.1-49.1
Florida 2,990 1,444 46.7 44.6-48.8 1,546 53.3 51.2-55.4
Georgia 2,030 895 44.0 41.4-46.7 1,135 56.0 53.3-58.6
Hawaii 2,702 1,233 43.6 41.1-46.1 1,469 56.4 53.9-58.9
Idaho 2,230 1,007 45.4 43.0-47.8 1,223 54.6 52.2-57.0
Illinois 2,130 872 40.0 37.6-42.5 1,258 60.0 57.5-62.4
Indiana 2,434 1,012 42.2 40.0-44.4 1,422 57.8 55.6-60.0
Iowa 1,767 876 49.3 46.6-52.1 891 50.7 47.9-53.4
Kansas 1,960 992 50.7 48.2-53.2 968 49.3 46.8-51.8
Kentucky 3,458 1,362 41.3 38.9-43.8 2,096 58.7 56.2-61.1
Louisiana 2,189 845 38.8 36.5-41.1 1,344 61.2 58.9-63.5
Maine 1,095 618 56.5 53.2-59.7 477 43.5 40.3-46.8
Maryland 1,833 998 54.6 51.7-57.5 835 45.4 42.5-48.3
Massachusetts 2,946 1,456 49.8 47.6-52.0 1,490 50.2 48.0-52.4
Michigan 2,640 1,482 53.5 51.1-55.9 1,158 46.5 44.1-48.9
Minnesota 2,007 1,117 55.3 52.9-57.7 890 44.7 42.3-47.1
Mississippi 1,886 694 36.7 34.2-39.2 1,192 63.3 60.8-65.8
Missouri 2,260 1,020 44.8 42.0-47.7 1,240 55.2 52.3-58.0
Montana 1,902 834 44.9 41.9-47.9 1,068 55.1 52.1-58.1
Nebraska 2,034 917 43.8 41.4-46.3 1,117 56.2 53.7-58.6
Nevada 1,365 622 43.3 39.6-47.1 743 56.7 52.9-60.4
New Hampshire 2,117 1,135 52.8 50.4-55.2 982 47.2 44.8-49.6
New Jersey 2,732 1,257 42.5 38.8-46.3 1,475 57.5 53.7-61.2
New Mexico 2,226 891 40.2 37.8-42.6 1,335 59.8 57.4-62.2
New York 1,786 842 44.9 42.2-47.6 944 55.1 52.4-57.8
North Carolina 2,997 1,696 53.7 51.0-56.4 1,301 46.3 43.6-49.0
North Dakota 1,349 531 39.3 36.4-42.2 818 60.7 57.8-63.6
Ohio 1,735 803 45.4 42.6-48.3 932 54.6 51.7-57.4
Oklahoma 3,418 1,325 37.5 35.7-39.4 2,093 62.5 60.6-64.3
Oregon 1,419 774 52.9 50.0-55.8 645 47.1 44.2-50.0
Pennsylvania 6,155 2,908 46.5 44.9-48.1 3,247 53.5 51.9-55.1
Rhode Island 1,574 749 48.8 46.0-51.6 825 51.2 48.4-54.0
South Carolina 2,027 932 47.5 44.7-50.3 1,095 52.5 49.7-55.3
South Dakota 2,279 952 42.1 39.8-44.4 1,327 57.9 55.6-60.2
Tennessee 1,435 586 41.3 38.5-44.2 849 58.7 55.8-61.5
Texas 2,285 913 37.8 35.5-40.0 1,372 62.2 60.0-64.5
Utah 1,550 561 35.5 32.5-38.7 989 64.5 61.3-67.5
Vermont 1,878 1,049 56.3 53.8-58.7 829 43.7 41.3-46.2
Virginia 1,827 850 47.7 44.5-50.9 977 52.3 49.1-55.5
Washington 2,077 1,280 59.6 56.8-62.2 797 40.4 37.8-43.2
West Virginia 1,679 642 37.5 34.9-40.1 1,037 62.5 59.9-65.1
Wisconsin 1,834 891 48.8 46.1-51.4 943 51.2 48.6-53.9
Wyoming 1,627 556 33.3 30.8-35.9 1,071 66.7 64.1-69.2
Guam 199 32 17.0 11.4-24.6 167 83.0 75.4-88.6
Puerto Rico 1,893 10 0.9 0.4- 1.8 1,883 99.1 98.2-99.6
Virgin Islands 873 179 18.5 15.6-21.7 694 81.5 78.3-84.4

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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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