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Volume
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No. 2, April 2006
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Colorectal Cancer Test Use Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic U.S. Populations
| State |
Hispanic, % (95% Confidence Interval) |
Non-Hispanic, % (95% Confidence Interval) |
| Colorado |
35.7 (27.7-43.7) |
60.1 (57.3-62.9) |
| California |
40.3 (32.1-48.5) |
58.7 (55.7-61.7) |
| Texas |
38.2 (32.0-44.4) |
53.0 (50.5-55.5) |
| Arizona |
47.1 (37.8-56.4) |
58.0 (54.3-61.7) |
| Florida |
46.7 (39.1-54.3) |
57.0 (54.8-59.2) |
| New York |
49.5 (37.7-61.3) |
59.1 (56.4-61.8) |
| New Mexico |
43.6 (38.8-48.4) |
47.8 (45.0-50.6) |
| New Jersey |
51.4 (40.2-62.6) |
55.3 (51.6-59.0) |
| Massachusetts |
61.5 (52.8-70.2) |
60.1 (57.9-62.3) |
Figure. Age-adjusted percentage of Hispanic and non-Hispanic adults
aged 50 years and older in selected states who reported receiving colorectal
cancer screening (fecal occult blood test within past year, lower endoscopy
within 10 years, or both) as recommended, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, 2002. Lines within bars represent 95% confidence intervals. Puerto Rico
had too few non-Hispanic respondents to include in the comparison.
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