State Cancer Profiles

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/29/2024 9:25 am.
2 2022 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. Data for the US is a median and not a percent.

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

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Screening and Risk Factors Report by State
(Directly Estimated 2022 BRFSS Data)

FOBT in last year and/or flex sig in last 5 years and FOBT in last 3 years and/or colonoscopy in last 10 years
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50-75

Sorted by Name
State Percent 2
(95% Confidence Interval)
Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
United States 71.9 N/A
Alabama 73.1 (70.4, 75.8) 1,687
Alaska 67.1 (64.5, 69.8) 1,827
Arizona 66.7 (64.4, 69.0) 3,093
Arkansas 68.5 (66.1, 70.8) 1,670
California 66.3 (64.0, 68.6) 2,678
Colorado 71.9 (70.1, 73.8) 2,724
Connecticut 79.5 (77.5, 81.4) 3,482
Delaware 74.5 (71.8, 77.3) 1,400
District of Columbia 76.8 (73.5, 80.1) 934
Florida 71.7 (69.2, 74.3) 4,501
Georgia 71.6 (69.4, 73.8) 2,955
Hawaii 73.3 (71.1, 75.5) 2,581
Idaho 68.8 (66.7, 70.9) 1,818
Illinois 70.8 (68.1, 73.6) 1,075
Indiana 74.5 (72.9, 76.0) 3,420
Iowa 73.7 (72.0, 75.5) 2,943
Kansas 71.3 (69.5, 73.1) 3,612
Kentucky 70.4 (67.3, 73.4) 1,311
Louisiana 75.1 (72.9, 77.3) 1,895
Maine 77.1 (75.5, 78.7) 4,300
Maryland 75.9 (74.3, 77.5) 5,623
Massachusetts 77.0 (75.2, 78.8) 3,487
Michigan 76.6 (75.0, 78.1) 3,638
Minnesota 75.8 (74.4, 77.2) 5,811
Mississippi 68.8 (65.9, 71.7) 1,223
Missouri 71.1 (68.9, 73.2) 2,266
Montana 71.2 (69.2, 73.1) 2,437
Nebraska 69.1 (67.1, 71.2) 2,392
Nevada 66.0 (62.3, 69.7) 982
New Hampshire 75.8 (73.8, 77.8) 2,682
New Jersey 70.8 (68.4, 73.2) 2,387
New Mexico 63.9 (61.1, 66.7) 1,460
New York 74.0 (72.4, 75.6) 5,659
North Carolina 75.5 (72.9, 78.1) 1,401
North Dakota 71.6 (69.2, 74.0) 1,381
Ohio 72.0 (70.4, 73.5) 5,509
Oklahoma 66.2 (63.9, 68.5) 1,596
Oregon 72.0 (69.6, 74.4) 1,782
Pennsylvania 71.4 (68.1, 74.6) 1,490
Puerto Rico 59.7 (57.1, 62.3) 1,519
Rhode Island 78.9 (76.7, 81.1) 2,260
South Carolina 76.4 (74.7, 78.0) 3,629
South Dakota 70.6 (65.8, 75.4) 2,561
Tennessee 70.1 (67.5, 72.8) 1,630
Texas 67.2 (64.9, 69.6) 3,765
Utah 73.7 (71.8, 75.6) 2,667
Vermont 75.0 (73.1, 77.0) 3,425
Virginia 75.4 (73.6, 77.2) 3,638
Washington 74.4 (73.3, 75.5) 8,882
West Virginia 71.7 (69.6, 73.8) 1,846
Wisconsin 76.3 (74.7, 77.8) 4,085
Wyoming 64.1 (61.7, 66.6) 1,310