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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Colorectal Cancer Screening

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Respond.#		 1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 108128 23,386 21.5 21.1-21.9 9,354 8.8 8.5- 9.1 8,507 7.9 7.6- 8.2 7,244 6.4 6.1- 6.6 59,637 55.5 54.9-56.0
Alabama 1,425 275 18.4 16.3-20.7 86 6.2 4.9- 7.8 110 7.3 6.0- 9.0 110 7.6 6.2- 9.3 844 60.4 57.6-63.2
Alaska 911 149 18.9 14.7-23.8 60 7.4 5.1-10.7 73 7.8 5.4-11.0 59 7.4 5.1-10.6 570 58.6 53.3-63.7
Arizona 1,672 407 27.1 23.5-31.1 157 8.4 6.8-10.2 175 10.2 8.3-12.5 107 6.3 4.9- 8.2 826 48.0 44.3-51.7
Arkansas 1,882 310 15.9 14.2-17.8 172 9.5 8.1-11.2 166 9.3 7.8-11.1 169 8.8 7.5-10.3 1,065 56.5 53.9-59.0
California 1,645 355 19.9 17.7-22.3 150 8.0 6.6- 9.7 159 8.4 7.1-10.0 122 6.3 5.1- 7.7 859 57.3 54.4-60.2
Colorado 1,628 427 25.7 23.4-28.2 178 10.5 9.0-12.3 170 9.9 8.4-11.6 110 6.5 5.3- 8.0 743 47.3 44.4-50.3
Connecticut 2,375 637 27.2 25.1-29.4 225 9.1 7.8-10.5 188 8.3 7.0- 9.8 132 5.4 4.4- 6.6 1,193 50.1 47.6-52.5
Delaware 1,858 474 23.3 20.9-25.9 180 10.1 8.4-12.0 136 7.7 6.2- 9.4 90 4.7 3.6- 6.2 978 54.3 51.2-57.3
District of Columbia 879 263 29.1 25.6-32.8 101 10.2 8.1-12.7 80 8.0 6.2-10.2 65 7.1 5.4- 9.4 370 45.7 41.7-49.7
Florida 2,939 776 25.4 23.7-27.2 272 9.5 8.3-10.8 179 6.0 5.1- 7.0 166 5.0 4.2- 5.9 1,546 54.1 52.0-56.2
Georgia 1,999 393 21.1 19.0-23.5 169 8.5 7.2-10.1 155 7.2 6.0- 8.6 147 6.6 5.4- 8.0 1,135 56.6 53.9-59.2
Hawaii 2,682 646 24.4 22.2-26.6 247 8.0 6.8- 9.4 153 5.5 4.4- 6.9 167 5.3 4.4- 6.4 1,469 56.8 54.2-59.3
Idaho 2,210 376 17.2 15.4-19.1 200 10.0 8.6-11.7 218 10.0 8.6-11.6 193 7.8 6.6- 9.1 1,223 55.0 52.5-57.4
Illinois 2,117 409 18.4 16.6-20.3 149 7.5 6.0- 9.3 150 7.4 6.2- 8.9 151 6.5 5.4- 7.7 1,258 60.3 57.8-62.7
Indiana 2,408 398 17.3 15.6-19.1 208 9.1 7.8-10.5 212 8.4 7.3- 9.7 168 6.7 5.7- 7.9 1,422 58.4 56.2-60.7
Iowa 1,751 419 24.7 22.4-27.1 172 9.8 8.4-11.5 136 7.7 6.2- 9.5 133 6.6 5.5- 8.0 891 51.1 48.4-53.9
Kansas 1,945 482 24.5 22.4-26.7 189 10.0 8.5-11.6 159 8.4 7.2- 9.9 147 7.4 6.2- 8.7 968 49.7 47.3-52.2
Kentucky 3,384 662 20.8 18.8-23.0 265 9.0 7.6-10.6 192 5.6 4.5- 6.9 169 4.8 4.0- 5.9 2,096 59.8 57.3-62.2
Louisiana 2,162 431 19.8 18.0-21.8 179 8.8 7.5-10.4 107 4.7 3.8- 5.8 101 4.7 3.8- 5.8 1,344 62.0 59.6-64.3
Maine 1,090 358 33.4 30.4-36.6 115 10.0 8.3-12.1 90 8.0 6.5-10.0 50 4.9 3.6- 6.5 477 43.6 40.4-46.9
Maryland 1,815 548 30.1 27.5-32.9 177 10.2 8.5-12.1 151 8.6 7.1-10.4 104 5.4 4.3- 6.8 835 45.7 42.9-48.6
Massachusetts 2,921 841 29.1 27.1-31.2 243 8.6 7.4- 9.9 215 7.5 6.4- 8.8 132 4.2 3.4- 5.2 1,490 50.6 48.4-52.8
Michigan 2,617 666 23.9 22.0-26.0 287 11.0 9.6-12.6 291 10.8 9.4-12.3 215 7.3 6.2- 8.6 1,158 46.9 44.5-49.3
Minnesota 1,984 458 23.6 21.6-25.8 211 10.7 9.3-12.3 222 10.7 9.3-12.2 203 9.9 8.5-11.4 890 45.1 42.8-47.6
Mississippi 1,860 312 17.5 15.6-19.7 117 6.3 5.2- 7.6 121 6.0 5.0- 7.3 118 6.1 5.1- 7.5 1,192 64.0 61.5-66.5
Missouri 2,245 445 21.1 18.7-23.7 169 8.0 6.6- 9.6 188 8.2 6.8- 9.8 203 7.2 6.0- 8.6 1,240 55.5 52.6-58.4
Montana 1,880 341 18.7 16.3-21.3 165 8.9 7.3-10.9 169 10.1 8.3-12.1 137 6.8 5.5- 8.4 1,068 55.5 52.5-58.5
Nebraska 2,011 448 22.1 20.1-24.2 161 7.9 6.7- 9.3 163 7.8 6.6- 9.1 122 5.6 4.6- 6.7 1,117 56.7 54.3-59.2
Nevada 1,356 257 18.9 16.2-22.0 111 7.8 6.0-10.1 121 7.9 6.2-10.0 124 8.4 6.6-10.7 743 57.0 53.2-60.7
New Hampshire 2,097 641 30.2 28.1-32.5 209 10.1 8.8-11.6 149 6.9 5.8- 8.2 116 5.2 4.2- 6.4 982 47.6 45.2-50.0
New Jersey 2,695 612 19.9 17.1-23.1 257 10.4 8.3-13.1 185 6.0 4.5- 8.0 166 5.2 3.9- 6.7 1,475 58.5 54.6-62.2
New Mexico 2,219 368 16.8 15.1-18.7 166 7.1 6.0- 8.5 184 8.5 7.2-10.0 166 7.6 6.3- 9.0 1,335 60.0 57.5-62.3
New York 1,772 381 21.0 18.9-23.3 165 9.0 7.7-10.6 164 8.3 7.0- 9.7 118 6.2 5.0- 7.6 944 55.5 52.8-58.2
North Carolina 2,957 948 29.4 27.1-31.9 342 11.4 9.9-13.2 195 6.3 5.2- 7.7 171 5.9 4.7- 7.5 1,301 46.9 44.2-49.6
North Dakota 1,338 222 16.2 14.2-18.5 104 7.7 6.3- 9.3 122 9.0 7.5-10.8 72 5.9 4.5- 7.7 818 61.2 58.3-64.1
Ohio 1,714 384 22.3 20.1-24.7 140 7.8 6.4- 9.4 141 8.5 6.9-10.3 117 6.1 5.0- 7.5 932 55.3 52.5-58.1
Oklahoma 3,389 613 17.5 16.1-18.9 220 6.2 5.4- 7.2 204 6.2 5.3- 7.2 259 7.3 6.4- 8.3 2,093 62.9 61.1-64.7
Oregon 1,402 313 21.6 19.4-24.1 154 11.0 9.3-12.9 151 10.8 9.1-12.8 139 8.9 7.5-10.6 645 47.6 44.7-50.5
Pennsylvania 6,085 1,242 20.0 18.7-21.3 567 9.2 8.3-10.2 599 9.7 8.9-10.7 430 6.8 6.1- 7.7 3,247 54.2 52.6-55.8
Rhode Island 1,553 428 28.1 25.6-30.6 132 8.8 7.3-10.5 107 7.2 5.8- 8.8 61 4.0 3.1- 5.3 825 51.9 49.1-54.7
South Carolina 1,991 388 20.4 18.2-22.8 175 9.9 8.3-11.6 183 8.9 7.5-10.6 150 7.5 6.2- 9.0 1,095 53.3 50.5-56.1
South Dakota 2,272 460 20.7 18.9-22.6 186 8.5 7.3- 9.8 151 6.6 5.5- 7.9 148 6.1 5.1- 7.3 1,327 58.1 55.8-60.3
Tennessee 1,419 340 23.6 21.2-26.1 97 7.9 6.2- 9.9 57 4.2 3.1- 5.5 76 5.2 4.1- 6.6 849 59.2 56.3-62.1
Texas 2,262 390 16.4 14.8-18.2 188 7.9 6.8- 9.3 162 6.9 5.8- 8.1 150 6.1 5.1- 7.2 1,372 62.7 60.4-65.0
Utah 1,543 186 12.2 10.3-14.5 117 8.2 6.6-10.1 124 7.2 5.8- 8.9 127 7.5 6.0- 9.3 989 64.9 61.8-67.9
Vermont 1,861 560 30.3 28.1-32.6 214 11.6 10.1-13.3 150 8.3 7.0- 9.7 108 5.6 4.6- 6.9 829 44.2 41.7-46.6
Virginia 1,798 359 19.6 17.2-22.2 177 10.3 8.5-12.4 137 8.3 6.7-10.2 148 8.8 6.9-11.2 977 53.1 49.8-56.3
Washington 2,054 563 26.1 23.9-28.4 215 10.4 8.9-12.2 281 13.2 11.6-15.0 198 9.5 8.0-11.1 797 40.8 38.2-43.6
West Virginia 1,663 310 18.8 16.8-21.0 107 6.2 5.1- 7.6 77 4.5 3.5- 5.8 132 7.5 6.2- 8.9 1,037 63.0 60.3-65.5
Wisconsin 1,812 382 22.2 20.1-24.6 161 8.7 7.3-10.2 167 9.3 7.9-11.0 159 8.1 6.8- 9.6 943 51.7 49.0-54.4
Wyoming 1,621 204 12.5 10.9-14.4 104 6.3 5.2- 7.7 135 7.7 6.5- 9.2 107 6.5 5.4- 7.9 1,071 66.9 64.3-69.4
Guam 198 20 11.0 6.7-17.5 3 2.3 0.5-10.0 6 2.1 0.8- 5.0 2 1.4 0.3- 6.6 167 83.2 75.6-88.8
Puerto Rico 1,893 8 0.8 0.4- 1.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 0 0.0 . - . 1,883 99.1 98.2-99.6
Virgin Islands 869 101 10.7 8.5-13.4 38 3.7 2.5- 5.4 26 2.1 1.3- 3.3 10 1.5 0.7- 3.0 694 82.0 78.8-84.8

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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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