National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.5

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Table 1.5
Percent of men and women age 50 and over who report they ever had a flexible colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or proctoscopy, or a fecal occult blood test in the past 2 years,^a United States, 2000 and 2003
		2003		2000
Population group		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		51.7	0.6	49.8	0.6
Age	50-64	45.4	0.8	43.8	0.7
Age	65 and over	59.2	0.8	56.8	0.8
Race	AI/AN only	41.6	7.9	48.7	8.0
	Asian only	37.6	3.4	42.1	3.9
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	47.3	1.6	43.8	1.6
	White only	52.6	0.6	50.8	0.6
	Multiple races	47.0	6.0	53.7	7.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	37.1	1.7	34.8	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	52.8	0.6	50.7	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	47.4	1.6	43.7	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	54.0	0.7	51.7	0.6
Gender	Female	49.6	0.7	49.1	0.7
Gender	Male	54.4	0.9	50.8	0.8
Health insurance,^b age 50-64	Private	49.2	0.9	46.7	0.8
	Public only	44.8	2.0	44.2	2.2
	Uninsured	21.8	1.7	23.5	1.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	63.3	1.0	61.1	1.0
	Medicare and public	57.8	2.0	46.2	2.4
	Medicare only	49.5	1.7	49.3	1.5
Family income^c	Negative/poor	39.1	1.7	38.6	1.6
	Near poor/low	42.4	1.3	43.7	1.3
	Middle	51.6	1.0	48.5	1.0
	High	59.6	0.9	57.1	0.9
Education	Less than high school	38.2	1.1	38.0	1.0
	High school graduate	49.9	1.0	48.2	1.0
	At least some college	59.4	0.8	57.0	0.8
Residence location	Urban	52.5	0.7	50.2	0.7
Residence location	Rural	49.6	1.1	48.7	1.0

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except for age and health insurance categories.

^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.

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.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

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