Colonoscopy testing statistics - states compared

SOURCE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

DEFINITION
Adults aged 50+ who have ever had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. Percent of respondents who answered yes.

Health Statistics > Colonoscopy testing (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Minnesota:

66.2%

# 2

Connecticut:

63.6%

# 3

District of Columbia:

63.1%

= 4

Maryland:

62.2%

= 4

New Hampshire:

62.2%

# 6

Delaware:

61.9%

# 7

Rhode Island:

61.6%

# 8

Massachusetts:

61.2%

# 9

Michigan:

60.4%

# 10

Virginia:

59.9%

# 11

Wisconsin:

59.4%

# 12

Maine:

59.1%

# 13

Vermont:

58.8%

# 14

Washington:

57.3%

# 15

New York:

56.7%

# 16

New Jersey:

56.6%

# 17

Florida:

56.1%

# 18

Utah:

56%

# 19

South Carolina:

55.9%

# 20

Oregon:

54.8%

# 21

North Carolina:

54.5%

= 22

Pennsylvania:

53.9%

= 22

North Dakota:

53.9%

# 24

California:

53.8%

# 25

Georgia:

53.7%

# 26

Ohio:

53.1%

# 27

Missouri:

52.7%

# 28

Montana:

52.5%

# 29

Arizona:

52%

# 30

Iowa:

51.6%

# 31

Alabama:

50.9%

= 32

Tennessee:

50.6%

= 32

New Mexico:

50.6%

= 32

Alaska:

50.6%

# 35

Indiana:

50.5%

# 36

South Dakota:

50.2%

# 37

Colorado:

50%

# 38

Kansas:

49.8%

# 39

Illinois:

48.9%

# 40

Wyoming:

48.4%

# 41

Texas:

48.3%

= 42

Idaho:

47.3%

= 42

Arkansas:

47.3%

# 44

Kentucky:

47.1%

# 45

Mississippi:

46.8%

# 46

Nevada:

46.7%

# 47

Oklahoma:

46.6%

= 48

Nebraska:

46.2%

= 48

West Virginia:

46.2%

# 50

Louisiana:

44.8%

# 51

US Virgin Islands:

33.9%

# 52

Puerto Rico:

33.5%

Weighted average:

53.1%

DEFINITION: Adults aged 50+ who have ever had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. Percent of respondents who answered yes.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

Health Statistics > Colonoscopy testing (most recent) by state

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