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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2016

 

C18.03 Sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy are exams in which a tube is inserted in the rectum to view the colon for signs of cancer or other health problems. Have you ever had either of these exams? (HADSIGM3)

Denominator is respondents 50 years of age and older. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

 

Categories

Yes

No

Total

%

%

N

Age Group:

50.9

49.1

859

      50-54

      55-64

68.2

31.8

2,307

      65-74

77.2

22.8

2,297

      75 +

70.9

29.1

1,891

Sex:

64.7

35.3

2,882

      Male

      Female

69.9

30.1

4,472

Race/Ethnicity:

68.7

31.3

6,516

      White, Non-Hispanic

      Black, Non-Hispanic

61.0

39.0

432

      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic

53.7

46.3

191

      Hispanic

60.9

39.1

121

      Unk/Ref

56.5

43.5

94

Income Group:

57.6

42.4

619

      < $15,000

      $15-$24,999

60.4

39.6

1,264

      $25-$49,999

66.8

33.2

1,883

      $50-$74,999

72.2

27.8

1,019

      >=$75,000

74.3

25.7

1,545

      Unk/Ref

67.6

32.4

1,024

Education Level:

53.7

46.3

551

      < H S Graduate

      H S Graduate/GED

66.0

34.0

2,644

      Some college/Tech school

67.8

32.2

1,825

      College graduate

77.8

22.2

2,319

      Unk/Ref

**

**

15

Marital Status:

70.5

29.5

3,857

      Married

      Unmarried

62.9

37.1

3,477

      Unk/Ref

**

**

20

Employment Status:

63.5

36.5

2,474

      Employed

      Not employed

51.2

48.8

156

      Student/Homemaker

64.6

35.4

469

      Retired/Unable to work

71.8

28.2

4,208

      Unk/Ref

**

**

47

Grand Totals

67.5

32.5

7,354

 

SOURCE: 2016 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 August 29, 2017

 

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