Men and women age 50 and over who reported they ever had a colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or proctoscopy,a by race, United States, 2003 |
| Single race | |||||||||||||||
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| Total | White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | Multiple races | |||||||||
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 43.5 | 0.6 | 44.5 | 0.6 | 37.9 | 1.5 | 30.5 | 3.4 | * | * | 33.6 | 7.3 | 35.5 | 5.5 | |
| Age, not age adjusted | 50-64 | 37.5 | 0.7 | 38.5 | 0.8 | 32.9 | 1.9 | 21.4 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | 34.6 | 7.2 |
| 65 and over | 50.6 | 0.8 | 51.6 | 0.9 | 43.8 | 2.4 | 41.4 | 6.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Gender | Female | 40.7 | 0.7 | 41.8 | 0.8 | 34.2 | 1.8 | 27.7 | 4.1 | * | * | * | * | 36.9 | 6.7 |
| Male | 47.0 | 0.8 | 47.8 | 0.9 | 42.9 | 2.5 | 34.7 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance,b age 50-64, not age adjusted | Private | 41.0 | 0.9 | 41.8 | 0.9 | 36.7 | 2.4 | 26.4 | 5.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Public | 34.6 | 1.8 | 35.7 | 2.1 | 32.0 | 4.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Uninsured | 17.4 | 1.5 | 18.1 | 1.7 | 17.6 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted | Medicare and private | 55.1 | 1.0 | 55.2 | 1.1 | 57.3 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and public | 48.3 | 2.1 | 51.4 | 2.4 | 40.4 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Medicare only | 40.3 | 1.6 | 41.3 | 1.8 | 35.0 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Family incomec | Negative/poor | 31.6 | 1.6 | 33.7 | 2.0 | 28.2 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Near poor/low | 34.7 | 1.2 | 35.7 | 1.4 | 31.7 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Middle | 42.8 | 1.0 | 43.6 | 1.0 | 39.6 | 3.2 | 31.9 | 6.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| High | 51.4 | 0.9 | 51.5 | 1.0 | 51.4 | 3.9 | 45.9 | 6.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Education | Less than high school | 30.6 | 1.1 | 31.1 | 1.2 | 29.2 | 2.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| High school graduate | 41.5 | 0.9 | 42.2 | 1.0 | 42.0 | 3.0 | 28.1 | 5.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| At least some college | 51.0 | 0.8 | 51.7 | 0.8 | 44.8 | 2.8 | 42.1 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence location | Urban | 44.4 | 0.6 | 45.5 | 0.7 | 39.7 | 1.7 | 30.9 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | 40.3 | 6.3 |
| Rural | 41.2 | 1.1 | 42.1 | 1.1 | 29.9 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
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.
* 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.