Characteristics | Total N | Percent |
---|---|---|
Total sample | 975 | 100.0 |
Sex | ||
Male | 380 | 39.0 |
Female | 595 | 61.0 |
Age | ||
50–64 years | 627 | 64.3 |
≥65 years | 348 | 35.7 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 611 | 62.7 |
Not married | 364 | 37.3 |
Education level | ||
Less than college | 586 | 60.1 |
College degree or graduate school | 389 | 39.9 |
Race | ||
White | 694 | 71.2 |
Black | 177 | 18.2 |
Hispanic | 61 | 6.3 |
Other | 43 | 4.4 |
Smoking status | ||
Nonsmoker | 866 | 88.8 |
Current smoker | 109 | 11.9 |
Family history of colorectal cancer | ||
Positive family history | 86 | 8.8 |
Negative family history | 889 | 91.2 |
Insurance | ||
Medicare | 330 | 33.9 |
Medicaid | 54 | 5.5 |
Private | 503 | 51.6 |
Other or none | 88 | 9.0 |
↵* We recruited 1437 patients; however, patients who were missing data for any one of these characteristics or who reported a history of colorectal cancer or colorectal problems were removed from the analysis, resulting in a working sample size of 975.