Table 5b Men and women age 50 and over who reported they ever had a colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or proctoscopy, or had a fecal occult blood test within the past 2 years,a by ethnicity, United States, 2005 |
Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
All races |
White |
Black |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
55.5 |
0.6 |
57.0 |
0.6 |
58.5 |
0.6 |
48.5 |
1.6 |
37.3 |
1.8 |
Age, not age adjusted |
50-64 |
49.2 |
0.7 |
50.8 |
0.8 |
52.5 |
0.8 |
43.4 |
1.9 |
31.6 |
2.1 |
65 and over |
63.1 |
0.8 |
64.3 |
0.8 |
65.7 |
0.8 |
54.6 |
2.7 |
44.1 |
3.0 |
Gender |
Male |
56.6 |
0.8 |
57.8 |
0.8 |
59.7 |
0.9 |
46.5 |
2.4 |
40.1 |
2.7 |
Female |
54.8 |
0.7 |
56.4 |
0.8 |
57.7 |
0.8 |
50.0 |
2.1 |
35.0 |
2.3 |
Health insurance,b ages 50-64, not age adjusted |
Private |
53.4 |
0.8 |
54.2 |
0.9 |
55.6 |
0.9 |
47.5 |
2.6 |
39.1 |
3.1 |
Public |
48.8 |
1.9 |
50.7 |
2.1 |
51.3 |
2.5 |
47.8 |
4.1 |
34.8 |
4.4 |
Uninsured |
24.1 |
1.7 |
25.9 |
2.0 |
26.7 |
2.4 |
24.9 |
3.8 |
17.1 |
2.7 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted |
Medicare and private |
68.2 |
1.0 |
68.6 |
1.0 |
68.9 |
1.0 |
63.5 |
4.1 |
49.9 |
6.7 |
Medicare and public |
60.2 |
2.1 |
63.0 |
2.3 |
66.7 |
2.6 |
52.9 |
4.7 |
43.0 |
5.5 |
Medicare only |
54.1 |
1.5 |
55.2 |
1.6 |
56.7 |
1.8 |
49.0 |
3.9 |
44.6 |
4.4 |
Family incomec |
Negative/poor |
40.5 |
1.5 |
42.4 |
1.8 |
43.1 |
2.3 |
38.8 |
3.4 |
30.7 |
3.3 |
Near poor/low |
48.0 |
1.3 |
50.2 |
1.4 |
51.4 |
1.7 |
46.0 |
3.7 |
34.5 |
3.2 |
Middle |
54.3 |
1.1 |
55.6 |
1.2 |
57.3 |
1.3 |
49.0 |
3.7 |
36.5 |
3.5 |
High |
63.7 |
0.9 |
64.3 |
0.9 |
64.7 |
1.0 |
63.6 |
4.1 |
46.6 |
4.8 |
Education |
Less than high school |
42.4 |
1.2 |
46.4 |
1.5 |
48.7 |
1.8 |
39.4 |
2.8 |
29.6 |
2.2 |
High school graduate |
52.7 |
0.9 |
53.2 |
1.0 |
54.3 |
1.1 |
49.2 |
2.8 |
39.7 |
3.8 |
At least some college |
62.9 |
0.7 |
63.3 |
0.7 |
64.4 |
0.8 |
57.9 |
2.6 |
50.6 |
3.6 |
Residence locationd |
Large central metro |
51.9 |
1.1 |
55.3 |
1.2 |
57.9 |
1.4 |
50.1 |
2.4 |
34.9 |
2.4 |
Large fringe metro |
60.2 |
1.1 |
61.0 |
1.2 |
61.9 |
1.2 |
59.2 |
3.9 |
41.0 |
5.6 |
Medium metro |
56.0 |
1.2 |
56.7 |
1.2 |
58.5 |
1.3 |
40.7 |
3.5 |
44.3 |
3.7 |
Small metro |
59.4 |
1.6 |
60.3 |
1.7 |
61.4 |
1.8 |
52.6 |
5.0 |
27.3 |
6.5 |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) |
54.3 |
1.9 |
55.2 |
1.8 |
56.2 |
2.0 |
41.5 |
4.8 |
31.1 |
7.1 |
Noncore (nonmetro) |
49.1 |
2.0 |
49.2 |
2.0 |
50.2 |
1.9 |
39.9 |
4.2 |
* |
* |
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/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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.
d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.