Table 3c: Income - Men and women age 50 and over who report they ever had a flexible sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy, by family income, United States, 2000^a

	Total		<100% of poverty level		100-199% of poverty level		200-399% of poverty level		≥ 400% of poverty level
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	38.9	0.5	29.2	1.7	34.8	1.3	37.9	1.2	47.5	1.1
Age (not age adjusted)
50-64	32.8	0.7	26.9	2.6	27.7	2.1	30.4	1.6	38.8	1.1
65 and over	46.2	0.8	31.8	2.1	43.2	1.6	46.9	1.7	57.9	2
Race
Single race
American Indian or Alaska Native	37	7.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Asian	24.9	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	33.4	6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Black or African American	32.8	1.5	24.1	2.9	32.4	3.3	34.5	4.2	48.8	3.9
White	40	0.6	31.2	2.3	36.1	1.5	38.2	1.2	47.9	1.2
More than one race	46.9	6.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity
Hispanic	27.9	1.6	21.2	2.4	21.3	2.3	27.5	4	44.7	5.2
Non-Hispanic	39.7	0.6	30.7	2	36.6	1.5	38.6	1.2	47.6	1.1
Black or African American only	32.9	1.5	24.2	3	32.7	3.4	34.7	4.2	48.9	3.9
White only	40.8	0.6	33.6	2.6	37.8	1.7	38.8	1.3	48.1	1.2
Gender
Female	36.6	0.7	27.9	2	34.9	1.7	37.6	1.5	43.2	1.4
Male	41.8	0.8	30.6	2.8	34.9	2.1	38.3	1.9	51.5	1.6
Health insurance (not age adjusted)
Persons under age 65	34.8	0.8	32.6	3.2	32	2.6	31.7	1.7	39.4	1.1
Private	35	0.8	34.6	6.2	31.7	3.2	30.8	1.7	39.6	1.1
Public	32.7	1.9	31.4	3.1	32.7	4.4	41.9	5.7	31.7	6.7
Uninsured	18	1.6	14	3.2	17.9	2.9	21	3.5	22.2	4.1
Persons age 65 and over	46.2	0.8	31.8	2.1	43.2	1.6	46.9	1.7	57.9	2
Medicare and any private	50.7	1	41.4	4.4	47.4	2.2	49.1	2	59.4	2.2
Medicare and any public	35.9	2.2	28.8	3.2	39.8	3.9	*	*	*	*
Medicare only	38.3	1.4	26.3	3.4	37.3	2.7	40.9	3.4	50	4.5
Education (age 25 and over)
Less than high school graduate	29.3	0.9	26.2	2	30.3	2	30.3	2.2	33.1	3.6
High school graduate	37	0.9	30.2	3.6	36.3	2.4	36.6	1.7	44.3	2.3
At least some college	46.1	0.8	34.5	4.3	41.3	2.9	44.1	1.8	50.5	1.3
Residence location
Urban (MSA)	39.3	0.6	29.2	1.9	36.2	1.7	37.6	1.4	47.3	1.2
Rural (Non-MSA)	38.1	1	28.9	3.3	32.1	2.2	38.7	2.2	48.1	2.3

^aMeasure is age adjusted.

*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

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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