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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.#		 1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years > 5 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 108011 16,944 16.5 16.1-16.9 11,013 10.5 10.2-10.8 14,144 13.3 13.0-13.7 9,535 8.4 8.2- 8.7 56,375 51.3 50.7-51.8
Alabama 1,425 248 17.5 15.4-19.8 133 9.4 7.8-11.3 184 13.0 11.1-15.1 132 8.7 7.2-10.4 728 51.5 48.5-54.4
Alaska 909 136 14.6 11.4-18.5 99 11.3 8.4-14.9 119 14.1 10.9-18.1 94 11.2 8.1-15.4 461 48.8 43.6-54.0
Arizona 1,675 231 15.7 13.1-18.8 175 10.3 8.5-12.4 243 16.0 12.9-19.6 170 9.6 7.8-11.8 856 48.3 44.7-52.0
Arkansas 1,856 256 13.9 12.3-15.7 127 6.7 5.5- 8.1 223 12.0 10.5-13.7 191 9.9 8.6-11.5 1,059 57.4 54.9-59.9
California 1,644 278 15.9 13.8-18.3 183 10.1 8.6-11.8 262 14.4 12.6-16.5 177 10.3 8.6-12.1 744 49.3 46.3-52.3
Colorado 1,631 231 13.6 11.9-15.6 139 8.7 7.3-10.4 250 15.5 13.3-18.0 183 10.8 9.2-12.5 828 51.4 48.4-54.3
Connecticut 2,380 470 20.4 18.5-22.4 311 13.2 11.7-14.9 359 15.4 13.7-17.2 180 7.1 5.9- 8.4 1,060 43.9 41.5-46.4
Delaware 1,867 400 22.8 20.1-25.6 255 13.5 11.5-15.7 283 15.4 13.4-17.8 102 5.6 4.3- 7.1 827 42.7 39.7-45.8
District of Columbia 874 205 24.6 21.3-28.2 110 12.4 10.0-15.2 157 16.8 14.0-20.0 68 7.0 5.2- 9.3 334 39.3 35.4-43.3
Florida 2,968 611 20.2 18.6-21.9 338 11.4 10.1-12.8 383 12.8 11.5-14.3 218 6.9 6.0- 7.9 1,418 48.7 46.6-50.8
Georgia 1,985 299 15.4 13.5-17.4 230 11.9 10.2-13.7 269 13.6 11.8-15.5 187 8.0 6.8- 9.4 1,000 51.2 48.5-53.9
Hawaii 2,701 326 12.7 11.1-14.5 252 9.2 7.9-10.7 302 11.3 9.8-13.0 186 5.9 4.9- 7.1 1,635 60.9 58.4-63.4
Idaho 2,215 287 14.2 12.5-16.1 186 7.9 6.7- 9.3 302 13.9 12.3-15.7 235 10.0 8.6-11.5 1,205 54.0 51.5-56.4
Illinois 2,118 338 16.2 14.5-18.1 186 8.9 7.3-10.8 254 11.9 10.4-13.6 175 7.8 6.7- 9.2 1,165 55.1 52.6-57.6
Indiana 2,417 285 11.6 10.2-13.1 231 9.6 8.3-10.9 292 12.5 11.1-14.2 252 10.2 8.9-11.6 1,357 56.2 53.9-58.4
Iowa 1,750 274 16.3 14.4-18.5 183 11.1 9.5-12.9 208 11.8 10.1-13.6 173 9.3 7.7-11.1 912 51.5 48.8-54.2
Kansas 1,945 305 16.6 14.8-18.6 204 10.7 9.3-12.3 223 11.2 9.8-12.8 176 9.1 7.7-10.6 1,037 52.5 50.0-54.9
Kentucky 3,423 534 17.9 16.0-20.1 317 10.0 8.6-11.6 328 9.5 8.2-11.0 217 6.0 5.1- 7.1 2,027 56.5 54.1-59.0
Louisiana 2,142 350 16.8 15.0-18.8 194 8.8 7.5-10.2 177 8.4 7.1- 9.9 131 6.0 4.9- 7.3 1,290 60.0 57.6-62.4
Maine 1,077 196 17.7 15.4-20.4 110 10.3 8.5-12.5 142 12.9 10.9-15.2 67 6.1 4.8- 7.9 562 52.9 49.6-56.2
Maryland 1,818 382 20.9 18.7-23.3 201 11.4 9.6-13.5 270 14.5 12.5-16.7 146 7.8 6.5- 9.5 819 45.4 42.5-48.3
Massachusetts 2,911 543 18.8 17.1-20.6 350 12.2 10.8-13.8 438 15.6 14.1-17.3 203 6.4 5.5- 7.6 1,377 46.9 44.7-49.1
Michigan 2,603 440 16.2 14.5-18.0 332 13.4 11.9-15.0 406 15.2 13.6-17.0 286 10.1 8.8-11.6 1,139 45.2 42.8-47.6
Minnesota 1,991 367 17.8 16.1-19.7 321 16.3 14.6-18.2 412 20.8 18.9-22.8 209 9.8 8.5-11.3 682 35.3 33.0-37.6
Mississippi 1,842 258 13.8 12.2-15.6 157 8.9 7.5-10.5 218 11.8 10.2-13.7 160 7.9 6.6- 9.3 1,049 57.6 55.0-60.1
Missouri 2,241 351 18.3 16.1-20.8 180 8.6 6.9-10.7 223 9.2 7.8-10.9 212 7.8 6.5- 9.3 1,275 56.0 53.1-58.9
Montana 1,868 242 14.5 12.4-17.0 182 11.5 9.6-13.6 223 12.7 10.8-14.9 173 8.3 6.9-10.0 1,048 53.0 49.9-56.0
Nebraska 2,019 290 14.4 12.7-16.2 187 9.6 8.2-11.1 223 11.1 9.6-12.7 144 6.8 5.7- 8.1 1,175 58.2 55.7-60.6
Nevada 1,364 169 12.9 10.5-15.6 123 8.9 7.1-11.1 168 11.4 9.2-14.0 177 12.2 10.0-14.9 727 54.7 50.9-58.4
New Hampshire 2,087 356 17.9 16.1-19.9 226 10.7 9.3-12.2 294 13.7 12.2-15.4 166 7.6 6.4- 9.0 1,045 50.1 47.7-52.5
New Jersey 2,699 555 17.1 14.6-20.0 324 12.3 9.9-15.1 322 11.7 9.4-14.6 195 6.9 5.1- 9.4 1,303 51.9 48.0-55.8
New Mexico 2,212 316 14.9 13.3-16.8 190 8.2 7.0- 9.6 242 11.8 10.2-13.6 224 8.9 7.7-10.4 1,240 56.1 53.6-58.5
New York 1,779 320 18.7 16.6-20.9 214 12.1 10.4-13.9 268 13.8 12.1-15.7 131 6.6 5.5- 8.0 846 48.8 46.0-51.5
North Carolina 2,966 522 17.2 15.2-19.5 357 12.0 10.3-13.8 400 11.6 10.1-13.3 204 6.6 5.3- 8.2 1,483 52.6 49.8-55.3
North Dakota 1,323 169 13.2 11.2-15.4 126 9.6 8.0-11.6 228 17.0 14.9-19.3 140 10.0 8.4-11.8 660 50.2 47.2-53.1
Ohio 1,705 258 14.2 12.4-16.1 181 10.5 9.0-12.4 215 13.0 11.1-15.1 153 8.0 6.7- 9.5 898 54.3 51.5-57.2
Oklahoma 3,381 408 12.1 10.9-13.4 256 7.4 6.5- 8.5 370 10.6 9.5-11.9 368 10.2 9.1-11.4 1,979 59.7 57.7-61.5
Oregon 1,402 175 12.3 10.5-14.3 152 10.0 8.5-11.8 235 16.6 14.5-18.9 188 13.4 11.5-15.6 652 47.7 44.8-50.6
Pennsylvania 6,051 893 16.0 14.8-17.2 575 9.3 8.4-10.2 827 13.8 12.7-15.0 536 8.4 7.6- 9.4 3,220 52.5 50.9-54.2
Rhode Island 1,559 293 19.3 17.1-21.6 200 14.0 12.1-16.0 231 14.6 12.8-16.6 108 6.5 5.3- 7.9 727 45.7 42.9-48.5
South Carolina 1,991 301 15.2 13.3-17.3 191 9.9 8.2-11.8 300 15.5 13.7-17.6 166 8.2 6.9- 9.8 1,033 51.2 48.4-54.0
South Dakota 2,269 330 15.2 13.5-17.0 195 8.5 7.4- 9.8 242 10.7 9.4-12.2 181 7.2 6.2- 8.4 1,321 58.4 56.1-60.7
Tennessee 1,411 291 20.2 18.0-22.7 137 9.9 8.3-11.8 135 9.4 7.9-11.3 89 6.1 4.9- 7.6 759 54.3 51.3-57.2
Texas 2,255 326 14.9 13.2-16.8 203 8.4 7.2- 9.7 311 12.9 11.4-14.5 215 9.0 7.7-10.4 1,200 54.8 52.3-57.4
Utah 1,527 211 13.9 11.8-16.3 156 10.1 8.4-12.2 222 15.8 13.5-18.4 145 10.3 8.4-12.6 793 49.8 46.6-53.1
Vermont 1,860 324 17.5 15.7-19.4 211 11.7 10.2-13.4 284 15.6 13.9-17.4 157 8.0 6.8- 9.4 884 47.3 44.8-49.7
Virginia 1,805 287 17.3 14.8-20.1 176 10.5 8.7-12.7 234 13.4 11.4-15.8 163 8.5 7.1-10.2 945 50.3 47.0-53.5
Washington 2,058 300 15.1 13.3-17.0 222 10.3 8.8-12.1 374 17.6 15.7-19.7 243 11.4 9.9-13.2 919 45.5 42.9-48.2
West Virginia 1,672 227 13.4 11.7-15.2 145 8.7 7.3-10.3 157 9.4 8.0-11.1 159 8.8 7.4-10.3 984 59.7 57.1-62.3
Wisconsin 1,816 314 18.0 16.0-20.2 239 12.5 10.9-14.3 290 16.3 14.4-18.4 174 9.4 8.0-11.0 799 43.8 41.2-46.5
Wyoming 1,607 172 10.7 9.2-12.4 134 8.3 7.0- 9.9 182 11.1 9.6-12.9 199 11.9 10.3-13.7 920 58.0 55.3-60.7
Guam 196 26 12.9 8.2-19.8 19 9.3 5.5-15.1 7 3.8 1.7- 8.3 9 4.2 2.0- 8.5 135 69.8 61.6-76.9
Puerto Rico 1,865 185 10.2 8.6-12.2 135 7.3 5.9- 9.0 156 7.7 6.4- 9.3 151 7.8 6.4- 9.4 1,238 67.0 64.2-69.6
Virgin Islands 856 83 10.1 7.8-12.9 53 5.7 4.1- 8.0 77 8.6 6.4-11.5 47 5.5 3.5- 8.6 596 70.0 65.8-73.9

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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 sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy examsand 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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