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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 1_3_3.2c
Adults age 50 and over who received a fecal occult blood test in the last 2 years,a by family income,b United States, 2005
    Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   17.1 0.4 11.3 1.1 15.4 0.9 18.0 0.8 18.7 0.7
Age, not age adjusted 50–64 15.1 0.5 8.7 1.2 13.4 1.3 16.1 1.1 16.1 0.8
65 and over 19.4 0.6 14.4 1.6 17.7 1.2 20.4 1.1 21.7 1.3
Race AI/AN only DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Asian only 12.9 2.3 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
NHOPI only DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Black only 15.7 1.2 14.9 2.5 16.4 2.1 13.3 2.6 18.2 3.4
White only 17.4 0.5 9.9 1.1 15.2 1.0 18.9 0.9 18.8 0.8
Multiple races 17.5 4.3 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 12.1 1.3 10.6 2.2 12.7 2.5 13.3 3.1 11.3 2.8
Non-Hispanic, all races 17.5 0.4 11.4 1.2 15.9 1.0 18.5 0.8 18.9 0.7
Non-Hispanic, Black 15.7 1.2 14.5 2.5 16.6 2.1 13.5 2.6 17.9 3.4
Non-Hispanic, White 17.9 0.5 9.8 1.3 15.7 1.1 19.4 0.9 19.1 0.8
Gender Male 17.3 0.6 11.1 1.8 16.6 1.5 18.2 1.2 18.2 1.0
Female 17.0 0.5 11.6 1.2 14.6 1.1 18.0 1.0 19.1 1.1
Health insurance,c ages 50–64, not age adjusted Private 16.1 0.6 DSU DSU 13.8 2.1 17.1 1.3 16.2 0.8
Public 18.0 1.5 8.7 1.7 19.4 2.9 24.2 3.9 23.4 4.7
Uninsured 6.7 0.9 8.8 2.1 7.2 1.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted Medicare and private 20.8 0.8 12.4 3.2 17.5 1.7 22.2 1.4 22.7 1.6
Medicare and public 20.8 1.7 17.0 2.7 22.1 3.0 22.0 3.7 22.2 4.7
Medicare only 16.2 1.2 14.5 2.8 16.2 2.1 15.9 2.2 18.1 2.9
Education Less than high school 12.4 0.8 9.0 1.1 12.1 1.3 16.4 1.8 11.3 2.2
High school graduate 16.5 0.7 14.5 2.0 16.9 1.4 17.0 1.2 15.3 1.3
At least some college 19.9 0.6 16.5 2.6 17.1 1.6 20.0 1.1 20.9 0.9
Residence locationd Large central metro 16.4 0.8 12.9 2.2 13.2 1.5 15.1 1.5 19.3 1.5
Large fringe metro 16.4 0.8 15.2 3.3 10.9 1.8 16.3 1.7 18.6 1.5
Medium metro 19.5 0.9 13.3 2.1 18.6 1.8 22.6 1.7 19.4 1.6
Small metro 17.5 1.3 DSU DSU 17.4 3.0 19.5 2.4 18.0 2.2
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 16.4 1.4 9.6 2.0 17.0 2.8 17.7 2.4 16.8 2.4
Noncore (nonmetro) 15.0 1.3 DSU DSU 16.7 2.7 16.5 2.1 17.5 3.2

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, 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 people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

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

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

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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