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Screening and Risk Factors Report

Used Home Blood Stool Test in Past 2 Years
2008, All Races, Both Sexes, Ages 50+
Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: 03-12a

Increase the proportion of adults who receive a colorectal cancer screening examination.

Sorted by Percent
State
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Met Objective
of 50.0%?
1
Percent
(95% Confidence Interval)
2
sort by percent descending
Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
Utah No 9.1 (7.8, 10.5) 237
Minnesota No 15.5 (14.0, 17.0) 425
Alaska No 16.1 (13.4, 19.1) 194
Missouri No 16.9 (15.3, 18.6) 593
Wisconsin No 16.9 (15.3, 18.6) 726
Kentucky No 17.2 (15.8, 18.6) 890
Wyoming No 17.5 (16.4, 18.7) 871
Illinois No 17.8 (16.2, 19.5) 543
Indiana No 18.2 (16.5, 20.1) 530
Oklahoma No 18.3 (17.0, 19.5) 922
Nevada No 18.6 (16.5, 20.9) 486
New York No 18.6 (17.3, 20.0) 916
Delaware No 18.7 (16.8, 20.8) 512
Idaho No 18.7 (17.1, 20.4) 547
New Mexico No 19.1 (17.5, 20.7) 690
Pennsylvania No 19.2 (17.9, 20.4) 1,519
Texas No 19.3 (18.0, 20.7) 1,339
Arkansas No 20.0 (18.5, 21.6) 741
Nebraska No 20.1 (18.8, 21.4) 1,961
North Dakota No 20.1 (18.7, 21.7) 643
Ohio No 20.1 (19.0, 21.2) 1,657
New Jersey No 20.7 (19.4, 22.0) 1,350
South Dakota No 20.7 (19.4, 22.2) 959
Vermont No 20.7 (19.4, 22.1) 861
Mississippi No 20.8 (19.4, 22.2) 1,007
Rhode Island No 21.0 (19.4, 22.7) 620
South Carolina No 21.0 (19.5, 22.5) 1,396
Montana No 21.2 (19.7, 22.7) 920
Alabama No 21.3 (19.7, 23.0) 856
Virginia No 21.4 (19.3, 23.7) 695
West Virginia No 21.9 (20.1, 23.7) 551
Tennessee No 22.2 (20.4, 24.2) 742
Maryland No 22.3 (20.9, 23.9) 1,232
Michigan No 22.4 (21.1, 23.7) 1,367
Colorado No 22.7 (21.6, 23.9) 1,507
Kansas No 23.1 (21.9, 24.3) 1,225
Iowa No 23.2 (21.6, 24.7) 836
New Hampshire No 23.3 (21.8, 24.9) 1,040
Arizona No 23.5 (21.1, 26.0) 918
Louisiana No 23.8 (22.2, 25.6) 827
Oregon No 23.8 (22.2, 25.5) 757
Connecticut No 24.0 (22.3, 25.8) 859
Massachusetts No 24.3 (23.2, 25.5) 2,829
Georgia No 24.4 (22.6, 26.3) 810
North Carolina No 24.8 (23.7, 25.9) 2,392
Washington No 25.9 (25.0, 26.8) 3,798
District of Columbia No 27.0 (25.0, 29.2) 664
Hawaii No 27.3 (25.5, 29.2) 969
Maine No 27.7 (26.2, 29.3) 1,207
California No 27.8 (26.4, 29.3) 1,893
Florida No 29.0 (27.2, 30.8) 1,969
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/23/2009 9:44 am.
1 Healthy People 2010 Objectives is managed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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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