Men and women age 50 and over who report they had a fecal occult blood test within the past 2 yearsa, by race, United States, 2003 |
Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
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White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 22.1 | 0.5 | 22.1 | 0.5 | 22.3 | 1.3 | 18.3 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | 28.9 | 5.5 | |
Age (not age adjusted) | 50-64 | 19.6 | 0.6 | 19.4 | 0.7 | 21.5 | 1.6 | 14.5 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | 29.3 | 6.9 |
65 and over | 25.2 | 0.7 | 25.4 | 0.8 | 23.3 | 2.0 | 22.7 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Female | 21.7 | 0.6 | 21.6 | 0.7 | 21.3 | 1.5 | 22.6 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | 25.3 | 6.8 |
Male | 22.8 | 0.8 | 22.8 | 0.8 | 23.8 | 2.2 | 12.1 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insuranceb, age 50-64 | Private | 21.2 | 0.7 | 21.0 | 0.8 | 23.1 | 2.1 | 16.7 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Public | 21.4 | 1.6 | 21.0 | 1.9 | 24.0 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 7.3 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare and private | 26.3 | 0.9 | 26.1 | 1.0 | 27.5 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and public | 25.5 | 1.9 | 27.2 | 2.2 | 21.9 | 4.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare only | 22.7 | 1.4 | 23.0 | 1.5 | 21.3 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Family incomec | Negative or poor | 14.8 | 1.2 | 13.3 | 1.4 | 18.9 | 2.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 17.4 | 1.1 | 16.5 | 1.2 | 23.0 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Middle | 22.9 | 1.0 | 22.8 | 1.0 | 27.3 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
High | 27.4 | 1.1 | 27.4 | 1.1 | 27.6 | 4.4 | 22.3 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Education | Less than high school | 15.4 | 0.9 | 14.9 | 0.9 | 16.0 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
High school graduate | 21.3 | 0.8 | 21.1 | 0.9 | 25.2 | 2.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
At least some college | 26.2 | 0.7 | 26.3 | 0.8 | 27.4 | 2.4 | 17.5 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence location | Urban | 22.7 | 0.6 | 22.6 | 0.6 | 23.7 | 1.4 | 18.5 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | 29.0 | 6.1 |
Rural | 20.6 | 0.9 | 20.9 | 1.0 | 16.4 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.
b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.
c Negative or poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.