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Percentage reporting having fecal occult blood test in past two years or colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy in past five years, by province/territory, household population aged 50 or older, Canada, 2008

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Figure 1 Percentage reporting having fecal occult blood test in past two years or colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy in past five years, by province/territory, household population aged 50 or older, Canada, 2008

* significantly different from estimate for other provinces/territories combined
E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%)
F too unreliable to be published (coefficient of variation greater then 33.3%)
Note: See Appendix Table A for 95% confidence intervals.
Source: 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey.
Figure source: Statistics Canada, 2009, "Colorectal cancer testing in Canada–2008", Health Reports, Vol. 20, No. 3, catalogue number 82-003-X.