Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); 1997

Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1997

**When did you have your last blood stool test using a home kit?**
(Weighted Column Percents)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	40-44	45-54	55-64	65+
W/in past year		44.6	42.5	31.9	39.6	53.9
W/in 2 years		20.5	11.2	19.2	20.1	22.6
W/in 5 years		20.3	25.4	29.8	22.7	13.8
5 or more years		13.4	20.9	18.2	16.8	8.1
Don't know/not sure		1.1		.9	.8	1.6
Male	W/in past year	45.7	48.3	30.8	33.0	62.5
	W/in 2 years	16.0	10.4	26.5	13.1	13.6
	W/in 5 years	20.5	31.6	21.5	26.0	13.5
	5 or more years	16.7	9.7	21.2	26.6	8.6
	Don't know/not sure	1.1			1.4	1.8
Female	W/in past year	44.0	34.7	32.7	44.2	49.5
	W/in 2 years	23.4	12.2	14.5	25.1	27.2
	W/in 5 years	20.2	17.0	35.2	20.4	13.9
	5 or more years	11.3	36.1	16.2	9.8	7.8
	Don't know/not sure	1.2		1.4	.5	1.5
Denominator is: All survey respondents 40 years old or older who have used a blood stool home test kit

**When did you have your last blood stool test using a home kit?**
(Unweighted Frequencies)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	40-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Total		801	48	170	213	370
W/in past year		358	17	65	84	192
W/in 2 years		160	6	28	41	85
W/in 5 years		164	13	46	48	57
5 or more years		109	12	29	38	30
Don't know/not sure		10		2	2	6
Male	Total	250	23	50	76	101
	W/in past year	116	9	17	28	62
	W/in 2 years	42	3	11	11	17
	W/in 5 years	46	8	10	15	13
	5 or more years	43	3	12	21	7
	Don't know/not sure	3			1	2
Female	Total	551	25	120	137	269
	W/in past year	242	8	48	56	130
	W/in 2 years	118	3	17	30	68
	W/in 5 years	118	5	36	33	44
	5 or more years	66	9	17	17	23
	Don't know/not sure	7		2	1	4
Denominator is: All survey respondents 40 years old or older who have used a blood stool home test kit

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