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BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
INDIANA STATEWIDE SURVEY DATA, 2002
Q16.3 HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SIGMOIDOSCOPY OR COLONOSCOPY?
DENOMINATOR IS RESPONDENTS AGE 50 AND OLDER

  PERCENTS  
CATEGORIES YES NO UNK/REF TOTAL
AGE GROUP

      50-54		 34.2 64.6 1.2 572
      55-64 41.9 57.5 0.6 792
      65-74 49.0 50.5 0.5 566
      75 + 51.5 47.1 1.4 520
SEX

      MALE		 43.1 55.9 1.0 895
      FEMALE 44.1 55.1 0.8 1,555
RACE GROUP

      WHITE, NON-HISPANIC		 44.4 55.0 0.7 2,177
      BLACK, NON-HISPANIC 45.1 53.6 1.3 109
      OTH/MULTI RACE, NON-HISP. 37.6 58.3 4.2 77
      HISPANIC 17.8 80.7 1.5 50
      REFUSED *** *** *** 37
INCOME GROUP

      < $15,000		 38.0 59.5 2.5 289
      $15-$24,999 40.6 58.8 0.5 474
      $25-$49,999 43.7 55.8 0.5 664
      $50-$74,999 46.1 53.9 0 301
      >=$75,000 49.4 50.2 0.5 289
      UNK/REF 43.6 54.5 1.9 433
EDUCATION

      < H S GRAD		 34.6 63.5 1.9 335
      H S GRAD OR GED 41.2 57.5 1.3 999
      SOME COLLEGE/TECH SCH 45.7 54.1 0.2 552
      COLLEGE GRAD 50.5 49.2 0.3 556
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 8
MARITAL STATUS

      MARRIED		 44.2 55.0 0.8 1,327
      UNMARRIED 42.6 56.4 0.9 1,118
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      EMPLOYED		 36.8 62.6 0.6 1,012
      NOT EMPLOYED 35.2 64.2 0.6 64
      STUDENT/HOMEMAKER 46.6 51.3 2.2 224
      RET/UNABLE TO WORK 50.1 49.1 0.9 1,142
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 8

--- ALL ---		 43.7 55.5 0.9 2,450

 NOTES:      Percents are based on weighted data; totals are unweighted numbers.
                   *** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

 SOURCE:   Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002

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