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Screening and Risk Factors Report

Used Home Blood Stool Test in Past 2 Years
2006, All Races, Both Sexes, Ages 50+
Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: 03-12a

Increase the proportion of adults who receive a colorectal cancer screening examination.

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State
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Met Objective
of 50.0%?
1
Percent
(95% Confidence Interval)
2
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Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
Alabama No 23.1 (21.0, 25.4) 432
Alaska No 17.0 (13.7, 21.0) 143
Arizona No 28.8 (25.9, 31.8) 724
Arkansas No 22.6 (21.1, 24.3) 724
California No 23.2 (21.3, 25.2) 687
Colorado No 28.8 (27.0, 30.6) 859
Connecticut No 26.9 (25.3, 28.5) 1,188
Delaware No 22.5 (20.3, 24.9) 503
District of Columbia No 32.5 (29.9, 35.1) 610
Florida No 29.8 (28.3, 31.3) 1,876
Georgia No 26.6 (24.9, 28.4) 1,015
Hawaii No 28.0 (26.1, 30.0) 967
Idaho No 20.5 (18.8, 22.3) 549
Illinois No 19.9 (18.3, 21.7) 584
Indiana No 21.1 (19.5, 22.7) 713
Iowa No 24.9 (23.2, 26.7) 741
Kansas No 25.2 (23.9, 26.6) 1,167
Kentucky No 19.7 (17.8, 21.6) 623
Louisiana No 24.2 (22.7, 25.9) 852
Maine No 32.5 (30.3, 34.8) 681
Maryland No 29.3 (27.6, 31.1) 1,341
Massachusetts No 28.4 (26.9, 30.0) 1,811
Michigan No 27.3 (25.6, 29.1) 858
Minnesota No 24.1 (22.2, 26.0) 571
Mississippi No 21.8 (20.2, 23.4) 729
Missouri No 20.7 (18.6, 22.9) 651
Montana No 27.9 (26.1, 29.7) 884
Nebraska No 27.9 (26.2, 29.7) 1,161
Nevada No 23.9 (21.4, 26.8) 442
New Hampshire No 30.5 (28.7, 32.4) 972
New Jersey No 21.3 (20.1, 22.5) 1,574
New Mexico No 21.0 (19.3, 22.7) 703
New York No 23.0 (21.3, 24.8) 741
North Carolina No 31.3 (30.1, 32.5) 2,701
North Dakota No 22.2 (20.3, 24.1) 578
Ohio No 23.4 (20.8, 26.3) 738
Oklahoma No 20.6 (19.2, 22.0) 867
Oregon No 29.9 (28.0, 31.8) 843
Pennsylvania No 22.0 (20.4, 23.7) 1,523
Rhode Island No 26.0 (24.0, 28.0) 648
South Carolina No 24.2 (22.8, 25.7) 1,250
South Dakota No 22.7 (21.2, 24.3) 867
Tennessee No 25.6 (23.5, 28.0) 665
Texas No 21.7 (19.6, 23.9) 818
Utah No 12.1 (10.6, 13.9) 277
Vermont No 26.1 (24.7, 27.6) 1,048
Virginia No 26.3 (23.5, 29.3) 600
Washington No 31.5 (30.5, 32.6) 4,336
West Virginia No 25.2 (23.3, 27.3) 546
Wisconsin No 22.1 (20.2, 24.1) 528
Wyoming No 18.2 (16.6, 19.9) 487
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/30/2009 8:27 pm.
1 Healthy People 2010 Objectives is managed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2 2006 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.

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