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Screening and Risk Factors Report

Used Home Blood Stool Test in Past Year
2008, All Races, Both Sexes, Ages 50+
Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: n/a
1

Sorted by Percent
State
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Met Objective?1
Percent
(95% Confidence Interval)
2
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Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
Utah n/a1 5.4 (4.4, 6.6) 129
Minnesota n/a1 9.3 (8.0, 10.6) 218
Alaska n/a1 9.9 (7.8, 12.5) 118
Wisconsin n/a1 11.5 (10.1, 13.1) 429
Illinois n/a1 11.9 (10.5, 13.5) 329
Missouri n/a1 12.0 (10.6, 13.5) 370
Kentucky n/a1 12.1 (11.0, 13.4) 583
Wyoming n/a1 12.5 (11.5, 13.6) 555
Oklahoma n/a1 12.6 (11.6, 13.7) 585
Idaho n/a1 12.9 (11.5, 14.4) 348
Nevada n/a1 13.4 (11.5, 15.5) 319
Pennsylvania n/a1 13.5 (12.4, 14.7) 981
Indiana n/a1 13.6 (12.0, 15.3) 364
New Mexico n/a1 13.6 (12.1, 15.1) 438
New York n/a1 13.6 (12.4, 14.8) 618
Arkansas n/a1 14.4 (13.1, 16.0) 475
Nebraska n/a1 14.4 (13.2, 15.6) 1,252
Texas n/a1 14.4 (13.2, 15.7) 911
Delaware n/a1 14.6 (12.8, 16.6) 358
South Carolina n/a1 14.6 (13.3, 16.0) 888
Vermont n/a1 14.7 (13.5, 16.0) 548
Alabama n/a1 14.8 (13.4, 16.4) 532
North Dakota n/a1 14.9 (13.5, 16.4) 432
Ohio n/a1 15.0 (13.9, 16.1) 1,071
Rhode Island n/a1 15.2 (13.7, 16.8) 407
South Dakota n/a1 15.3 (14.1, 16.7) 649
Montana n/a1 15.4 (14.1, 16.9) 608
Tennessee n/a1 15.6 (13.9, 17.4) 475
Mississippi n/a1 15.7 (14.5, 17.0) 716
New Jersey n/a1 15.7 (14.5, 16.9) 949
Virginia n/a1 15.8 (13.7, 18.1) 446
Colorado n/a1 16.0 (15.0, 17.1) 952
Michigan n/a1 16.2 (15.1, 17.4) 896
Maryland n/a1 16.4 (15.1, 17.9) 813
Iowa n/a1 16.7 (15.3, 18.1) 546
Kansas n/a1 16.7 (15.6, 17.9) 809
Oregon n/a1 16.8 (15.3, 18.4) 477
West Virginia n/a1 16.8 (15.2, 18.6) 391
Connecticut n/a1 17.5 (15.9, 19.2) 561
New Hampshire n/a1 17.6 (16.2, 19.1) 714
Georgia n/a1 17.9 (16.3, 19.7) 552
Louisiana n/a1 18.0 (16.5, 19.7) 585
Arizona n/a1 18.1 (15.8, 20.6) 629
Washington n/a1 18.2 (17.4, 19.0) 2,401
Massachusetts n/a1 18.4 (17.4, 19.5) 2,010
North Carolina n/a1 18.8 (17.8, 19.9) 1,630
District of Columbia n/a1 20.0 (18.1, 22.1) 448
Maine n/a1 20.1 (18.7, 21.6) 790
Hawaii n/a1 20.6 (18.9, 22.4) 669
California n/a1 21.8 (20.4, 23.2) 1,342
Florida n/a1 22.6 (20.9, 24.5) 1,425
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/23/2009 9:43 am.
1n/a - There is not a specific Healthy People 2010 Objective for this data item.
2 2008 BRFSS Survey Data is the source for this data collected by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

BRFSS Prevalence estimates presented here may vary from other published estimates due to differences in the methodology used to generate estimates.

Note: Healthy People 2010 Objectives are age-adjusted to the year 2000 standard population while the BRFSS estimates are not age-adjusted.
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