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Percent of Adults Aged 50 and Over Who Have Ever Had a Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy, 2008

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 Received a flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy
United States61.8%
Alabama60.7%
Alaska58.0%
Arizona63.7%
Arkansas55.3%
California59.8%
Colorado61.9%
Connecticut69.5%
Delaware74.3%
District of Columbia68.5%
Florida64.1%
Georgia62.1%
Hawaii60.1%
Idaho55.6%
Illinois59.1%
Indiana59.3%
Iowa63.7%
Kansas61.6%
Kentucky63.7%
Louisiana52.5%
Maine72.5%
Maryland71.3%
Massachusetts71.4%
Michigan68.6%
Minnesota70.9%
Mississippi56.4%
Missouri61.3%
Montana56.5%
Nebraska58.6%
Nevada55.7%
New Hampshire71.7%
New Jersey58.6%
New Mexico55.8%
New York65.5%
North Carolina66.5%
North Dakota57.8%
Ohio60.8%
Oklahoma55.2%
Oregon66.7%
Pennsylvania62.5%
Rhode Island69.4%
South Carolina65.4%
South Dakota62.4%
Tennessee59.4%
Texas56.1%
Utah67.2%
Vermont69.6%
Virginia69.9%
Washington66.2%
West Virginia54.7%
Wisconsin67.2%
Wyoming56.0%
Guam38.3%
Puerto Rico42.3%
Virgin Islands38.5%
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U.S. total includes territories.

Sources: 

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008; analysis by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/list.asp?cat=CC&yr=2008&qkey=4425&state=US

Definitions: 

Colonoscopy: Examination of the inside of the colon using a colonoscope.

Sigmoidoscopy: Examination of the lower colon using a sigmoidoscope.



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