Association Between Current CRC Screening and Sociodemographic Variables, Beliefs, Medical History, and Health Care Experience Variables
| Current Screening (%) | |
|---|---|
| Sociodemographic variables | |
| Race/ethnicity† | |
| White | 67.5 |
| African-American | 54.3 |
| Hispanic | 48.6 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 65.0 |
| Female | 61.0 |
| Education (yrs) | |
| 0–11 | 51.0 |
| 12 | 63.5 |
| ≤13 | 66.5 |
| Age* | |
| <65 | 57.7 |
| ≥65 | 71.2 |
| Income | |
| <$15,000 | 54.3 |
| $15,000–25,000 | 66.1 |
| $25,000–50,000 | 68.3 |
| >$50,000 | 67.0 |
| Insurance type Public | 65.5 |
| Private | 56.1 |
| Mixed | 68.3 |
| Other | 48.0 |
| None | 54.1 |
| Medical history and health care experience | |
| Health status | |
| Good/excellent | 65.9 |
| Poor/fair | 55.8 |
| Family history | 64.1 |
| Yes | |
| No | 62.2 |
| Previous testing* | 69.3 |
| Yes | |
| No | 54.1 |
| Annual health exam† | 64.2 |
| Yes | |
| No | 34.6 |
| Regular PCP | |
| Yes | 64.0 |
| No | 46.2 |
| Dr. Recommendation‡ | |
| Yes | 74.2 |
| No | 42.1 |
Current screening refers to the percentage within each category that were current with screening guidelines. Statistical tests are for comparison of screening rates across categories of the same variable. CRC, colorectal cancer; PCP, primary care physician.
* Indicates current CRC screening was significantly different at P < .01 level across categories of the variable.
† P < .001.
‡ P < .0001.