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COLON AND RECTUM CANCER SCREENING, ADULTS 50 AND OLDER
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%
Recent Fecal Blood Occult Test
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%
Recent Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy
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Total |
Female |
Male |
Total |
Female |
Male |
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United States |
23.4 |
23.0 |
23.6 |
37.4 |
36.6 |
38.7 |
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Alabama |
6.9 |
6.7 |
7.2 |
37.4 |
39.1 |
35.2 |
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Alaska |
13.9 |
11.4 |
16.4 |
35.8 |
32.8 |
38.7 |
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Arizona |
24.4 |
23.9 |
25.1 |
37.4 |
36.6 |
38.5 |
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Arkansas |
18.4 |
18.0 |
19.0 |
34.5 |
35.9 |
32.8 |
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California |
21.3 |
22.9 |
19.4 |
39.6 |
40.9 |
38.1 |
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Colorado |
27.3 |
28.3 |
26.1 |
36.1 |
35.8 |
36.5 |
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Connecticut |
28.7 |
29.6 |
27.6 |
46.3 |
42.3 |
51.4 |
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Delaware |
21.0 |
19.6 |
22.8 |
53.6 |
48.6 |
60.0 |
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District of Columbia |
29.9 |
29.2 |
30.9 |
48.4 |
49.4 |
46.9 |
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Florida |
28.9 |
28.3 |
29.7 |
39.6 |
39.6 |
39.7 |
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Georgia |
23.4 |
23.0 |
23.8 |
41.6 |
41.1 |
42.2 |
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Hawaii |
28.6 |
29.3 |
27.7 |
44.3 |
43.9 |
44.7 |
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Idaho |
18.3 |
21.2 |
15.0 |
33.1 |
32.3 |
34.1 |
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Illinois |
21.8 |
22.2 |
21.2 |
32.2 |
31.2 |
33.6 |
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Indiana |
21.3 |
20.8 |
21.9 |
33.5 |
33.0 |
34.3 |
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Iowa |
24.5 |
26.1 |
22.6 |
35.4 |
35.2 |
35.6 |
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Kansas |
24.3 |
24.8 |
23.8 |
35.0 |
35.2 |
34.7 |
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Kentucky |
21.4 |
21.6 |
21.1 |
33.3 |
32.1 |
34.9 |
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Louisiana |
22.4 |
21.9 |
23.0 |
32.3 |
33.4 |
30.9 |
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Maine |
34.4 |
35.1 |
33.5 |
39.8 |
41.1 |
38.2 |
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Maryland |
32.4 |
32.9 |
31.9 |
47.3 |
45.0 |
50.2 |
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Massachusetts |
31.1 |
30.2 |
32.2 |
45.1 |
42.9 |
47.8 |
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Michigan |
25.6 |
24.9 |
26.4 |
45.2 |
43.4 |
47.3 |
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Minnesota |
23.5 |
25.6 |
21.0 |
53.3 |
52.2 |
54.5 |
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Mississippi |
16.3 |
13.5 |
20.0 |
32.2 |
35.9 |
27.4 |
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Missouri |
23.0 |
21.7 |
24.5 |
34.9 |
33.7 |
36.6 |
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Montana |
20.7 |
20.9 |
20.4 |
33.0 |
31.9 |
34.4 |
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Nebraska |
25.9 |
25.5 |
26.4 |
31.8 |
31.2 |
32.6 |
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Nevada |
21.5 |
19.5 |
23.6 |
34.0 |
32.8 |
35.5 |
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New Hampshire |
33.1 |
33.6 |
32.6 |
44.0 |
39.7 |
49.0 |
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New Jersey |
24.2 |
22.8 |
25.9 |
37.2 |
34.2 |
41.0 |
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New Mexico |
20.0 |
17.3 |
23.1 |
36.0 |
35.4 |
36.7 |
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New York |
24.8 |
23.7 |
26.3 |
40.8 |
40.0 |
41.9 |
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North Carolina |
33.0 |
35.2 |
30.2 |
41.1 |
39.8 |
42.8 |
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North Dakota |
19.0 |
23.2 |
14.0 |
40.9 |
40.3 |
41.6 |
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Ohio |
23.4 |
23.5 |
23.4 |
38.0 |
35.3 |
41.3 |
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Oklahoma |
18.9 |
18.1 |
19.8 |
29.6 |
31.2 |
27.7 |
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Oregon |
28.7 |
30.2 |
26.8 |
39.8 |
38.1 |
41.8 |
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Pennsylvania |
23.9 |
22.9 |
25.1 |
39.8 |
37.2 |
43.3 |
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Rhode Island |
26.7 |
25.1 |
28.9 |
45.3 |
41.6 |
50.3 |
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South Carolina |
23.6 |
22.6 |
24.9 |
38.8 |
37.7 |
40.2 |
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South Dakota |
24.0 |
23.1 |
25.2 |
37.4 |
35.8 |
39.3 |
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Tennessee |
21.7 |
20.3 |
23.3 |
34.1 |
35.8 |
32.2 |
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Texas |
18.2 |
17.2 |
19.3 |
33.4 |
32.1 |
34.9 |
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Utah |
15.2 |
17.2 |
12.9 |
33.7 |
31.7 |
36.1 |
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Vermont |
33.0 |
33.2 |
32.8 |
40.2 |
37.1 |
43.9 |
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Virginia |
22.3 |
22.3 |
22.4 |
42.8 |
42.7 |
42.8 |
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Washington |
30.5 |
33.3 |
27.2 |
40.4 |
40.0 |
40.8 |
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West Virgina |
20.9 |
19.0 |
23.3 |
29.4 |
28.4 |
30.7 |
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Wisconsin |
22.9 |
23.4 |
22.3 |
45.8 |
45.8 |
45.9 |
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Wyoming |
14.1 |
14.8 |
13.3 |
34.8 |
32.4 |
37.6 |
Percentages do not include individuals who indicated "don’t
know/not sure" responses, refused to answer the questions, or had
missing values.
Data Source: BRFAA, CDC, 1997
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