State Cancer Profiles

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 1:15 pm.
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 Percent
State Percent 2
(95% Confidence Interval)
Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
United States 71.9 N/A
Connecticut 79.5 (77.5, 81.4) 3,482
Rhode Island 78.9 (76.7, 81.1) 2,260
Maine 77.1 (75.5, 78.7) 4,300
Massachusetts 77.0 (75.2, 78.8) 3,487
District of Columbia 76.8 (73.5, 80.1) 934
Michigan 76.6 (75.0, 78.1) 3,638
South Carolina 76.4 (74.7, 78.0) 3,629
Wisconsin 76.3 (74.7, 77.8) 4,085
Maryland 75.9 (74.3, 77.5) 5,623
Minnesota 75.8 (74.4, 77.2) 5,811
New Hampshire 75.8 (73.8, 77.8) 2,682
North Carolina 75.5 (72.9, 78.1) 1,401
Virginia 75.4 (73.6, 77.2) 3,638
Louisiana 75.1 (72.9, 77.3) 1,895
Vermont 75.0 (73.1, 77.0) 3,425
Delaware 74.5 (71.8, 77.3) 1,400
Indiana 74.5 (72.9, 76.0) 3,420
Washington 74.4 (73.3, 75.5) 8,882
New York 74.0 (72.4, 75.6) 5,659
Iowa 73.7 (72.0, 75.5) 2,943
Utah 73.7 (71.8, 75.6) 2,667
Hawaii 73.3 (71.1, 75.5) 2,581
Alabama 73.1 (70.4, 75.8) 1,687
Ohio 72.0 (70.4, 73.5) 5,509
Oregon 72.0 (69.6, 74.4) 1,782
Colorado 71.9 (70.1, 73.8) 2,724
Florida 71.7 (69.2, 74.3) 4,501
West Virginia 71.7 (69.6, 73.8) 1,846
Georgia 71.6 (69.4, 73.8) 2,955
North Dakota 71.6 (69.2, 74.0) 1,381
Pennsylvania 71.4 (68.1, 74.6) 1,490
Kansas 71.3 (69.5, 73.1) 3,612
Montana 71.2 (69.2, 73.1) 2,437
Missouri 71.1 (68.9, 73.2) 2,266
Illinois 70.8 (68.1, 73.6) 1,075
New Jersey 70.8 (68.4, 73.2) 2,387
South Dakota 70.6 (65.8, 75.4) 2,561
Kentucky 70.4 (67.3, 73.4) 1,311
Tennessee 70.1 (67.5, 72.8) 1,630
Nebraska 69.1 (67.1, 71.2) 2,392
Idaho 68.8 (66.7, 70.9) 1,818
Mississippi 68.8 (65.9, 71.7) 1,223
Arkansas 68.5 (66.1, 70.8) 1,670
Texas 67.2 (64.9, 69.6) 3,765
Alaska 67.1 (64.5, 69.8) 1,827
Arizona 66.7 (64.4, 69.0) 3,093
California 66.3 (64.0, 68.6) 2,678
Oklahoma 66.2 (63.9, 68.5) 1,596
Nevada 66.0 (62.3, 69.7) 982
Wyoming 64.1 (61.7, 66.6) 1,310
New Mexico 63.9 (61.1, 66.7) 1,460
Puerto Rico 59.7 (57.1, 62.3) 1,519