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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2012
 
C17.05 How long has it been since you had your last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy? (LASTSIG3)
Denominator is respondents 50 years of age and older who have had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

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: 30.6 20.4 16.1 13.5 11.7 7.7 375
      50-54
      55-64 19.7 17.9 13.1 25.8 18.5 5.0 1,107
      65-74 23.6 18.4 16.5 20.8 16.4 4.2 1,087
      75 + 20.4 14.3 16.0 24.0 16.9 8.4 771
Sex: 22.3 18.5 16.6 21.8 15.2 5.6 1,217
      Male
      Female 23.1 17.1 14.0 22.1 17.5 6.1 2,123
Race/Ethnicity: 22.0 17.4 15.2 22.3 17.0 6.1 2,815
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 29.2 19.2 16.8 18.5 12.4 3.9 354
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 20.8 36.1 10.8 21.2 5.6 5.4 71
      Hispanic ** ** ** ** ** ** 45
      Unk/Ref 26.2 12.6 21.2 15.4 19.0 5.6 55
Income Group: 21.8 19.9 14.9 16.6 18.8 8.0 331
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 21.2 11.8 13.8 25.1 18.0 10.0 605
      $25-$49,999 24.3 14.8 15.6 22.6 17.5 5.3 874
      $50-$74,999 28.3 21.3 12.0 16.2 16.7 5.6 417
      >=$75,000 19.1 21.8 16.7 25.0 13.9 3.5 604
      Unk/Ref 22.7 18.5 16.3 21.8 15.3 5.5 509
Education Level: 24.5 18.0 13.8 18.5 19.7 5.5 276
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 22.6 17.4 15.7 22.9 14.8 6.5 1,248
      Some college/Tech school 23.4 18.6 13.2 22.0 16.5 6.4 848
      College graduate 21.2 17.2 17.2 22.2 17.6 4.6 964
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** ** ** 4
Marital Status: 23.3 18.1 15.2 22.6 15.9 4.9 1,753
      Married
      Unmarried 21.8 17.1 15.1 20.8 17.4 7.8 1,580
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** ** ** 7
Employment Status: 22.6 20.1 14.4 21.4 16.2 5.4 1,090
      Employed
      Not employed 27.5 7.6 13.9 25.9 13.7 11.3 91
      Student/Homemaker 24.0 13.3 11.3 23.1 21.0 7.3 218
      Retired/Unable to work 22.3 17.4 16.3 22.1 16.3 5.7 1,931
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** ** ** 10
Grand Totals 22.8 17.7 15.1 22.0 16.5 5.9 3,340

SOURCE: 2012 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
Table produced February 18, 2014

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