Indicator Profile of Colorectal Cancer Screening

Why Is This Important?

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).

Percentage of Persons Age 50+ Who Reported Having Had a Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy in the Past 5 Years, Utah and U.S., 1993-2008

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Data Notes

Age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 standard population. All years for which U.S. data were available are graphed.

Data Sources

Utah Data: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Office of Public Health Assessment, Utah Department of Health;  U.S. Data: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); 

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Definition

The proportion of persons aged 50 or older who reported ever having a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy.

How We Calculated the Rates

Numerator: The number of respondents aged 50 or older who reported ever having a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy.
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 10/06/09, Published on 10/27/09
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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Content updated: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:51:09 MDT