Men and women age 50 and over who reported they had a fecal occult blood test within the past 2 years,a by family income,b United States, 2003 |
| Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 22.1 | 0.5 | 15.0 | 1.2 | 17.5 | 0.9 | 22.3 | 0.8 | 26.2 | 0.9 | |
| Age, not age adjusted | 50-64 | 19.6 | 0.6 | 12.8 | 1.5 | 15.0 | 1.4 | 18.1 | 1.2 | 22.8 | 1.0 |
| 65 and over | 25.2 | 0.7 | 17.5 | 1.8 | 20.4 | 1.2 | 27.4 | 1.2 | 30.2 | 1.6 | |
| Race | AI/AN only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Asian only | 18.3 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 23.1 | 5.5 | |
| NHOPI only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Black only | 22.3 | 1.3 | 17.7 | 2.6 | 22.0 | 2.8 | 23.8 | 2.8 | 24.3 | 3.4 | |
| White only | 22.1 | 0.5 | 13.8 | 1.4 | 16.7 | 1.0 | 22.4 | 0.9 | 26.2 | 1.0 | |
| Multiple races | 28.9 | 5.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 15.4 | 1.3 | 11.9 | 1.9 | 12.9 | 2.4 | 17.4 | 3.0 | 21.1 | 3.9 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 22.6 | 0.5 | 15.6 | 1.4 | 18.1 | 1.0 | 22.7 | 0.8 | 26.4 | 0.9 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 22.3 | 1.3 | 17.0 | 2.6 | 22.1 | 2.8 | 24.1 | 2.8 | 24.8 | 3.4 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 22.7 | 0.6 | 14.9 | 1.6 | 17.4 | 1.2 | 22.7 | 0.9 | 26.4 | 1.0 | |
| Gender | Female | 21.7 | 0.6 | 15.3 | 1.4 | 16.1 | 1.2 | 22.6 | 1.1 | 26.4 | 1.2 |
| Male | 22.8 | 0.8 | 14.2 | 2.4 | 19.5 | 1.6 | 22.0 | 1.3 | 26.0 | 1.3 | |
| Health insurance,c age 50-64, not age adjusted | Private | 21.2 | 0.7 | 19.1 | 4.1 | 17.0 | 2.3 | 18.8 | 1.4 | 22.9 | 1.0 |
| Public | 21.4 | 1.6 | 14.1 | 2.0 | 22.0 | 3.3 | 25.7 | 4.1 | 34.4 | 6.0 | |
| Uninsured | 7.3 | 1.0 | * | * | 5.9 | 1.5 | 8.9 | 2.0 | * | * | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted | Medicare and private | 26.3 | 0.9 | 19.0 | 4.3 | 20.7 | 1.7 | 26.8 | 1.5 | 31.1 | 1.9 |
| Medicare and public | 25.5 | 1.9 | 16.8 | 3.1 | 24.1 | 3.8 | 35.1 | 4.5 | 27.6 | 5.3 | |
| Medicare only | 22.7 | 1.4 | 17.0 | 3.5 | 19.3 | 2.3 | 26.5 | 3.0 | 27.7 | 5.1 | |
| Education | Less than high school | 15.4 | 0.9 | 12.8 | 1.5 | 14.1 | 1.4 | 16.8 | 1.6 | 18.4 | 2.9 |
| High school graduate | 21.3 | 0.8 | 16.7 | 2.1 | 17.0 | 1.5 | 23.0 | 1.3 | 23.2 | 1.6 | |
| At least some college | 26.2 | 0.7 | 21.6 | 3.0 | 21.6 | 1.8 | 24.4 | 1.2 | 28.8 | 1.1 | |
| Residence location | Urban | 22.7 | 0.6 | 16.6 | 1.5 | 17.9 | 1.2 | 23.4 | 1.0 | 26.1 | 1.1 |
| Rural | 20.6 | 0.9 | 10.9 | 1.8 | 16.7 | 1.8 | 19.7 | 1.4 | 25.9 | 1.9 | |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.
b 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.
c 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.
* 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.