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The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004

Section III

Risk Factors and Use of Preventive Services, United States

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Lack of Fecal Occult Blood Test

The fecal occult blood test checks for occult (hidden) blood in the stool. Proven to be beneficial in screening for colorectal cancer, this test is recommended annually for people aged 50 years or older. Studies have shown that annual fecal occult blood tests can reduce the number of colorectal cancer deaths by one-third. Despite the availability of this effective screening test, it is widely underused.

  • In 2002, 78% of Americans aged 50 years or older reported not having had a fecal occult blood test within the previous year.
  • The prevalence of not having had a fecal occult blood test within the previous year among Americans aged 50 years or older ranged from 67% in Maine to 88% in Utah and Wyoming.

Percentage of Adults Aged 50 Years or Older Who Reported Not Having Had a Fecal Occult Blood Test Within the Previous Year, 2002

Percentage of Adults Aged 50 Years or Older Who Reported Not Having Had a Fecal Occult Blood Test Within the Previous Year, 2002

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

[A text description of this map is also available.]

 

Percentage of Adults Aged 50 Years or Older Who Reported Not Having Had a Fecal Occult Blood Test Within the Previous Year, by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2002

State Total Male Female White Black* Asian/
Pacific
Islander*		 American
Indian/
Alaska
Native*		 Hispanic* Multiracial*
ALABAMA 81.6 82.3 81.1 81.0 83.0 - - - -
ALASKA 81.1 84.2 78.1 79.8 - - 86.2 - -
ARIZONA 72.9 71.1 74.4 71.6 - - - 81.2 -
ARKANSAS 84.1 82.3 85.6 83.7 86.6 - - - -
CALIFORNIA 80.1 78.4 81.4 76.3 78.0 90.9 - 89.4 -
COLORADO 74.3 76.4 72.4 72.7 - - - 85.0 -
CONNECTICUT 72.8 74.6 71.3 72.4 68.1 - - 76.9 -
DELAWARE 76.7 75.4 77.8 76.1 81.1 - - - -
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 70.9 70.6 71.2 66.0 74.2 - - - -
FLORIDA 74.6 73.5 75.5 72.2 82.1 - - 85.2 -
GEORGIA 78.9 77.4 80.0 77.5 80.5 - - - -
HAWAII 75.6 77.9 73.7 74.3 - 75.2 - 78.0 79.8
IDAHO 82.8 83.7 82.0 82.9 - - - - -
ILLINOIS 81.6 81.2 81.9 80.6 83.1 - - 90.0 -
INDIANA 82.7 81.5 83.6 81.9 88.2 - - - -
IOWA 75.3 75.2 75.4 75.2 - - - - -
KANSAS 75.5 74.6 76.2 75.1 - - - 79.7 -
KENTUCKY 79.2 77.8 80.3 79.5 71.5 - - 86.9 -
LOUISIANA 80.2 79.6 80.6 78.5 86.0 - - 68.3 -
MAINE 66.6 64.5 68.3 66.1 - - - - -
MARYLAND 69.9 69.5 70.1 69.6 70.7 - - - -
MASSACHUSETTS 70.9 71.3 70.6 70.8 67.2 - - 74.7 -
MICHIGAN 76.1 76.4 75.8 76.1 73.7 - - - -
MINNESOTA 76.4 75.4 77.2 76.3 - - - - -
MISSISSIPPI 82.5 80.4 84.1 82.0 83.9 - - - -
MISSOURI 78.9 76.0 81.2 79.0 70.3 - - - -
MONTANA 81.3 81.7 80.9 81.5 - - 85.6 - -
NEBRASKA 77.9 77.9 78.0 78.0 - - - 90.4 -
NEVADA 81.1 81.5 80.7 80.2 - - - 93.5 87.1
NEW HAMPSHIRE 69.8 70.2 69.4 69.7 - - - - -
NEW JERSEY 80.1 78.9 81.1 79.8 74.2 95.9 - 75.4 -
NEW MEXICO 83.2 79.7 86.2 81.6 - - 96.5 86.0 -
NEW YORK 79.0 79.0 79.0 78.7 76.3 - - 85.0 -
NORTH CAROLINA 70.6 72.5 69.0 69.8 70.4 - 71.8 82.0 -
NORTH DAKOTA 83.8 86.5 81.4 83.4 - - - - -
OHIO 77.7 76.4 78.7 77.3 83.9 - - - -
OKLAHOMA 82.5 81.4 83.5 81.9 87.8 - 87.3 92.4 74.7
OREGON 78.4 81.6 75.7 78.3 - - - - -
PENNSYLVANIA 80.0 78.2 81.5 79.9 82.6 - - 64.3 -
RHODE ISLAND 71.9 71.3 72.4 72.4 - - - 69.5 -
SOUTH CAROLINA 79.6 79.8 79.4 79.6 77.7 - - - -
SOUTH DAKOTA 79.3 79.3 79.3 78.9 - - 90.8 - -
TENNESSEE 76.4 75.3 77.3 75.9 80.3 - - - -
TEXAS 83.6 82.2 84.7 81.1 86.9 - - 90.7 -
UTAH 87.8 89.8 86.0 87.7 - - - - -
VERMONT 69.7 68.4 70.8 69.4 - - - - -
VIRGINIA 80.4 78.5 82.0 80.4 80.2 - - 79.8 -
WASHINGTON 73.9 77.0 71.3 73.6 - - - - 80.4
WEST VIRGINIA 81.2 76.6 84.9 81.0 - - - - 85.8
WISCONSIN 77.8 76.5 78.9 78.2 77.5 - - - -
WYOMING 87.5 88.2 86.8 87.2 - - - 97.2 -
                   
UNITED STATES 78.2 77.6 78.8 77.2 79.1 87.7 81.3 85.8 76.4
                   
* A dash indicates that the state sample had too few respondents (fewer than 50) in this category to calculate a stable estimate.
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

 

  



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