Table 3b: Ethnicity - Men and women age 50 and over who report they ever had a flexible sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy, by ethnicity, United States, 2000a
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Non-Hispanic |
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Total |
Hispanic* |
Total** |
Black or African American |
White |
| Population group |
% |
SE |
% |
SE |
% |
SE |
% |
SE |
% |
SE |
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| Total |
38.9 |
0.5 |
27.9 |
1.6 |
39.7 |
0.6 |
32.9 |
1.5 |
40.8 |
0.6 |
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| Age (not age adjusted) |
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| 50-64 |
32.8 |
0.7 |
23.4 |
2.1 |
33.6 |
0.8 |
29.4 |
1.9 |
34.7 |
0.8 |
| 65 and over |
46.2 |
0.8 |
33.4 |
2.5 |
47 |
0.8 |
37.1 |
2.3 |
48 |
0.9 |
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| Gender |
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| Female |
36.6 |
0.7 |
26.7 |
1.9 |
37.3 |
0.7 |
27.5 |
1.5 |
38.7 |
0.8 |
| Male |
41.8 |
0.8 |
29.7 |
2.5 |
42.7 |
0.9 |
40.6 |
2.8 |
43.3 |
1 |
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| Health insurance (not age adjusted) |
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| Persons under age 65 |
34.8 |
0.8 |
28 |
2.5 |
35.2 |
0.8 |
31.4 |
2 |
36 |
0.9 |
| Private |
35 |
0.8 |
29.3 |
3 |
35.3 |
0.8 |
32.6 |
2.4 |
36 |
0.9 |
| Public |
32.7 |
1.9 |
23 |
3.9 |
33.8 |
2.1 |
27.7 |
3.6 |
36.5 |
2.6 |
| Uninsured |
18 |
1.6 |
13.3 |
3 |
19.2 |
1.9 |
18.6 |
3.9 |
20 |
2.2 |
| Persons age 65 and over |
46.2 |
0.8 |
33.4 |
2.5 |
47 |
0.8 |
37.1 |
2.3 |
48 |
0.9 |
| Medicare and any private |
50.7 |
1 |
44.1 |
4.9 |
50.9 |
1 |
47 |
4.2 |
51 |
1.1 |
| Medicare and any public |
35.9 |
2.2 |
36.1 |
4.4 |
35.8 |
2.5 |
36.6 |
5.2 |
35.1 |
3.2 |
| Medicare only |
38.3 |
1.4 |
27.3 |
3.3 |
39.4 |
1.5 |
28.5 |
3.5 |
41.8 |
1.7 |
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| Family income |
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| < 100% of poverty level |
29.2 |
1.7 |
21.2 |
2.4 |
30.7 |
2 |
24.2 |
3 |
33.6 |
2.6 |
| 100-199% of poverty level |
34.8 |
1.3 |
21.3 |
2.3 |
36.6 |
1.5 |
32.7 |
3.4 |
37.8 |
1.7 |
| 200-399% of poverty level |
37.9 |
1.2 |
27.5 |
4 |
38.6 |
1.2 |
34.7 |
4.2 |
38.8 |
1.3 |
| ≥ 400% of poverty level |
47.5 |
1.1 |
44.7 |
5.2 |
47.6 |
1.1 |
48.9 |
3.9 |
48.1 |
1.2 |
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| Education (age 25 and over) |
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| Less than high school graduate |
29.3 |
0.9 |
22.1 |
1.7 |
30.8 |
1.1 |
29.7 |
2.3 |
31.3 |
1.2 |
| High school graduate |
37 |
0.9 |
28.9 |
4 |
37.3 |
0.9 |
31.8 |
3.1 |
38.2 |
1 |
| At least some college |
46.1 |
0.8 |
39.4 |
3.7 |
46.3 |
0.8 |
39.6 |
2.6 |
47 |
0.9 |
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| Residence location |
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| Urban (MSA) |
39.3 |
0.6 |
27.9 |
1.5 |
40.3 |
0.7 |
34.5 |
1.7 |
41.6 |
0.8 |
| Rural (Non-MSA) |
38.1 |
1 |
29 |
6.3 |
38.3 |
1 |
24.9 |
2.8 |
39.1 |
1 |
aMeasure is age adjusted.
*Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
**Includes persons of other races not shown.
Key: SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area
Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
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