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This map shows the percentage of adults aged 50 years or older who reported receiving a fecal occult blood test within the past year and/or a lower endoscopy in the preceding 10 years, by state, 2006.

Source: CDC. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2006.

List of States by Percentage

≤50%

50.1%–60%

60.1%–70%

≥70.1%

  Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
Wyoming
 
Colorado
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Oregon
South Carolina
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
 
Connecticut
Rhode Island
 

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Page last reviewed:  September 10, 2008
Page last modified:  September 10, 2008
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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