Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. and Utah. Screening for this cancer is
important as deaths can be substantially reduced when precancerous polyps are detected early and removed. The chance of surviving
colorectal cancer exceeds 90% when the cancer is diagnosed before it has extended beyond the intestinal wall (www.cancer.org).
Recommended Colon Cancer Screening by Ethnicity, Utah, 2010
Data Notes
Age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 standard population.
Data Sources
Utah Data: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Office of Public Health Assessment, Utah Department of Health.
The proportion of persons aged 50 or older who reported having recommended colorectal cancer screening (sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy
in the past 10 years or having an FOBT (fecal occult blood test) in the last year).
How We Calculated the Rates
Numerator:
The number of respondents aged 50 or older who reported having recommended colorectal cancer screening (sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy
in the past 10 years or having an FOBT (fecal occult blood test) in the last year).
Denominator:
The total number of survey respondents aged 50 or older excluding those who answered "don't know" or "refused" to the numerator
question.
Page Content Updated On 02/26/2013,
Published on 04/08/2013
Cancer Control Program, Bureau of Health Promotion, Division of Disease Control and Prevention, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2107,
Telephone: 801-538-6712, Fax: 801-538-9495, Website: www.cancerutah.org, www.ucan.cc, Contact: Kathryn Rowley
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