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Table 2
Percentage reporting having fecal occult blood test in past two years or colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy in past five years, by selected characteristics, household population aged 50 or older, Canada, 2008

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  Percentage 95% confidence interval
from to
Total 39.8 38.8 40.8
Sex
Male 40.2 38.8 41.6
Female 39.5 38.2 40.7
Age group
50 to 64 36.5 35.2 37.8
65 to 74 48.6* 47.0 50.3
75 or older 40.2* 38.2 42.1
Marital status
Married/Common-law 41.3 40.2 42.5
Widowed 37.0* 34.9 39.2
Divorced/Separated 37.1* 34.3 39.9
Never married 32.8* 29.7 35.8
Resides in Census Metropolitan Area
Yes 40.4* 39.0 41.7
No 38.7 37.6 39.7
Place of birth
North America 40.1 39.1 41.1
Europe 44.3* 41.7 46.9
Africa 46.2 34.9 57.5
Asia 29.6* 24.5 34.6
Other 37.5 28.7 46.4
Years since immigration
0 to 9 22.2* E 12.1 32.3
10 to 19 32.2* 24.9 39.5
20 or more 42.8 40.0 45.5
Non-immigrant 39.9 39.0 40.9
Household income quintile
1 (lowest) 35.1* 33.0 37.2
2 38.4* 36.2 40.6
3 42.4 40.0 44.8
4 42.1 39.7 44.6
5 (highest) 43.3 40.7 45.8
Has regular MD?–Contacted GP/family doctor in past year?
Yes–Yes 43.7* 42.6 44.8
Yes–No 29.3* 26.5 32.1
No–Yes 21.0* 17.0 24.9
No–No 9.5 6.7 12.3
Self-perceived general health
Excellent/Very good 39.5 38.1 40.9
Good 38.1 36.4 39.8
Fair/Poor 43.6* 41.4 45.9
Smoking status
Daily smoker 30.1* 27.9 32.3
Occasional smoker 37.5 30.9 44.0
Non-smoker 41.6 40.5 42.7
Leisure-time physical activity level
Active (3 or more KKD) 44.0 41.8 46.1
Moderately active (1.5 to 2.9 KKD) 43.4 41.6 45.3
Inactive (less than 1.5 KKD) 36.6* 35.3 37.9
BMI category
Underweight (less than 18.5) 32.2* 25.7 38.6
Normal weight (18.5 to less than 25.0) 39.0 37.5 40.6
Overweight (25.0 to less than 30.0) 40.5 38.9 42.0
Obese class I (30.0 to less than 35.0) 42.7* 40.0 45.4
Obese class II (35.0 to less than 40.0) 43.0 38.1 47.8
Obese class III (40.0 or more) 32.5* 26.7 38.3
† reference category
* significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)
E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%)
KKD: kilocalories per kilogram per day

Source: 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2009, "Colorectal cancer testing in Canada–2008", Health Reports, Vol. 20, No. 3, catalogue number 82-003-X.