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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 1_3_3.1
Adults age 50 and over who received a fecal occult blood test in the last 2 years,a United States, 2000, 2003, 2005, and 2008
    2008 2005 2003 2000
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   14.7 0.5 17.1 0.4 22.1 0.5 24.0 0.5
Age 50-64 13.1 0.6 15.1 0.5 19.6 0.6 21.9 0.6
65 and over 16.5 0.7 19.4 0.6 25.2 0.7 26.6 0.8
Race AI/AN only DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU 25.8 6.9
Asian only 15.3 2.2 12.9 2.3 18.3 3.0 24.4 3.6
NHOPI only DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU  DSU DSU
Black only 13.7 1.1 15.7 1.2 22.3 1.3 20.5 1.3
White only 14.9 0.5 17.4 0.5 22.1 0.5 24.6 0.5
Multiple races DSU DSU 17.5 4.3 28.9 5.5 20.4 5.2
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 11.4 1.2 12.1 1.3 15.4 1.3 13.5 1.2
Non-Hispanic, all races 14.9 0.5 17.5 0.4 22.6 0.5 24.7 0.5
  Non-Hispanic, Black 13.6 1.1 15.7 1.2 22.3 1.3 20.4 1.3
  Non-Hispanic, White 15.2 0.5 17.9 0.5 22.7 0.6 25.2 0.6
Gender Male 15.2 0.7 17.3 0.6 22.8 0.8 23.2 0.8
Female 14.3 0.6 17.0 0.5 21.7 0.6 24.9 0.6
Health insurance,b ages 50-64 Private 13.5 0.7 16.1 0.6 21.2 0.7 23.7 0.7
Public only 17.1 1.6 18.0 1.5 21.4 1.6 22.6 2.0
Uninsured 6.7 1.3 6.7 0.9 7.3 1.0 9.2 1.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare and private 17.6 1.0 20.8 0.8 26.3 0.9 28.5 1.0
Medicare and public 15.9 1.7 20.8 1.7 25.5 1.9 20.7 2.0
Medicare only 14.6 1.3 16.2 1.2 22.7 1.4 23.4 1.3
Family incomec Negative/poor 10.6 1.1 11.3 1.1 15.0 1.2 15.6 1.3
Near poor/low 13.1 1.0 15.4 0.9 17.5 0.9 20.3 1.1
Middle 14.2 0.8 18.0 0.8 22.3 0.8 23.5 0.9
High 16.9 0.9 18.7 0.7 26.2 0.9 29.0 1.0
Education Less than high school 11.7 0.9 12.4 0.8 15.4 0.9 16.6 0.8
High school graduate 12.7 0.7 16.5 0.7 21.3 0.8 22.9 0.8
At least some college 17.2 0.7 19.9 0.6 26.2 0.7 29.1 0.8
Location of residenced Metropolitan 15.3 0.5 DNA DNA DNA DNA DNA DNA
  Large central metro 15.6 0.9 16.4 0.8 DNA DNA DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 14.7 1.0 16.4 0.8 DNA DNA DNA DNA
  Medium metro 16.1 1.0 19.5 0.9 DNA DNA DNA DNA
  Small metro 14.1 1.4 17.5 1.3 DNA DNA DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) 13.5 1.5 16.4 1.4 DNA DNA DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) 10.7 1.4 15.0 1.3 DNA DNA DNA DNA
Activity limitationsd Basic activities 14.6 0.8 DNA DNA DNA DNA DNA DNA
Complex activities 14.6 1.1 DNA DNA DNA DNA DNA DNA
No limits in basic or complex 15.3 0.6 DNA DNA DNA DNA DNA DNA

a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. Age data and health insurance data for age 65 and over are unadjusted.

b. A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.

c. Negative/poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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.

d. For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DSU - 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.

 
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