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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2006
 
CV29 Respondents aged 50 or older who have had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy
Denominator is respondents aged 50 years and older.

Categories Yes

No

Unk/Ref

Total
% % % N
Age Group: 39.2 60.0 0.8 662
      50-54
      55-64 55.0 44.5 0.5 1,168
      65-74 67.0 32.2 0.8 851
      75 + 64.9 34.0 1.1 709
      Unk/Ref 0.0 0.0 100.0 66
Sex: 53.3 44.2 2.5 1,210
      Male
      Female 56.3 41.1 2.6 2,246
Race/Ethnicity: 55.9 42.1 2.1 2,965
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 50.1 46.0 3.9 275
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       51.2 46.0 2.8 108
      Hispanic 33.0 57.7 9.2 56
      Unk/Ref 50.0 30.9 19.1 52
Income Group: 50.2 47.8 2.0 364
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 53.0 45.2 1.7 668
      $25-$49,999 55.1 42.5 2.4 915
      $50-$74,999 55.5 43.7 0.8 407
      >=$75,000 56.9 42.2 0.9 475
      Unk/Ref 56.4 36.9 6.7 627
Education Level: 52.3 45.0 2.7 372
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 51.7 45.5 2.7 1,448
      Some college/Tech school 57.7 40.7 1.6 782
      College Graduate 59.0 38.3 2.7 848
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 6
Marital Status: 56.8 41.2 2.0 1,771
      Married
      Unmarried 52.1 45.4 2.5 1,657
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 28
Employment Status: 45.7 50.8 3.5 1,401
      Employed
      Not employed 56.3 42.7 1.1 99
      Student/Homemaker 51.1 45.9 3.0 294
      Retired/Unable to work 64.6 34.0 1.4 1,649
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 13
Grand Totals 54.9 42.5 2.5 3,456

SOURCE: 2006 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

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