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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2010
 
C20.05 How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy? (LASTSIG3)
Denominator is all respondents aged 50 years and older who have had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy.

Categories Within the
past year
(anytime less
than 12 months
ago)
Within the
past 2 years
(1 year but
less than
2 years ago)
Within the
past 3 years
(2 years but
less than
3 years ago)
Within the
past 5 years
(3 years but
less than
5 years ago)
Within the
past 10 years
(5 years but
less than
10 years ago)
10 or more
years ago



Total
% % % % % % N
Age Group: 37.2 17.3 14.3 18.2 8.3 4.7 442
      50-54
      55-64 22.7 19.6 13.9 23.6 14.8 5.4 1,478
      65-74 24.5 21.4 16.6 21.3 13.2 3.1 1,283
      75 + 23.1 20.1 17.3 20.3 13.8 5.4 968
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** 36
Sex: 27.7 22.1 14.6 20.7 10.4 4.4 1,498
      Male
      Female 24.3 17.9 15.9 21.7 15.3 4.9 2,709
Race/Ethnicity: 25.3 19.3 15.6 21.5 13.4 4.9 3,566
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 31.3 25.8 12.6 19.9 8.9 1.6 450
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       18.2 28.2 10.4 21.8 10.9 10.5 64
      Hispanic 31.3 15.2 21.0 18.9 13.7 0.0 58
      Unk/Ref 45.1 16.2 11.9 11.4 10.6 4.9 69
Income Group: 30.8 18.3 13.8 17.8 14.3 5.0 362
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 25.7 20.9 15.1 18.3 14.5 5.4 773
      $25-$49,999 25.8 19.2 15.6 20.9 12.1 6.5 1,098
      $50-$74,999 24.8 17.1 17.5 23.7 11.8 5.1 563
      >=$75,000 26.9 22.1 15.1 20.9 13.4 1.7 697
      Unk/Ref 23.6 19.7 13.8 24.4 13.5 4.9 714
Education Level: 24.7 20.1 16.8 19.6 13.8 5.0 345
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 26.0 19.5 15.6 22.0 12.4 4.5 1,608
      Some college/Tech school 27.1 21.0 14.3 20.9 10.9 5.9 1,037
      College graduate 25.2 19.1 15.4 21.1 15.3 3.9 1,209
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** 8
Marital Status: 26.1 19.6 15.6 21.8 12.7 4.1 2,311
      Married
      Unmarried 25.1 20.4 14.9 19.9 13.8 6.0 1,876
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** 20
Employment Status: 27.2 19.9 15.4 21.2 12.6 3.7 1,379
      Employed
      Not employed 24.3 17.8 15.7 17.7 16.9 7.6 135
      Student/Homemaker 23.9 14.6 13.1 26.2 16.0 6.1 336
      Retired/Unable to work 25.2 20.6 15.6 20.8 12.6 5.1 2,336
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** 21
Grand Totals 25.9 19.8 15.3 21.3 13.0 4.7 4,207

SOURCE: 2010 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.
                Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses

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