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At what age are people supposed to start doing home stool blood tests?

Data Collection Method:		Estimated U.S. Adult Population		Survey Respondents

	Response	Number	Percentage	Sample Responses	Sample Percentage
1	1	69,187	0.0%	3	0.0%
3	3	13,658	0.0%	1	0.0%
4	4	37,779	0.0%	2	0.0%
5	5	31,726	0.0%	1	0.0%
8	8	77,601	0.0%	1	0.0%
10	10	119,399	0.1%	3	0.0%
12	12	22,695	0.0%	1	0.0%
13	13	82,681	0.0%	2	0.0%
15	15	103,233	0.0%	2	0.0%
16	16	78,793	0.0%	3	0.0%
17	17	30,592	0.0%	1	0.0%
18	18	1,012,335	0.8%	25	0.6%
20	20	1,053,192	0.9%	36	0.9%
21	21	316,366	0.2%	13	0.3%
22	22	19,417	0.0%	1	0.0%
23	23	56,517	0.0%	2	0.0%
24	24	167,238	0.1%	4	0.1%
25	25	1,552,414	1.3%	52	1.3%
26	26	48,223	0.0%	3	0.0%
27	27	49,098	0.0%	1	0.0%
28	28	112,684	0.0%	5	0.1%
30	30	5,519,620	4.7%	163	4.3%
32	32	26,099	0.0%	2	0.0%
34	34	106,297	0.0%	2	0.0%
35	35	3,935,132	3.4%	127	3.3%
36	36	62,815	0.0%	3	0.0%
37	37	112,886	0.0%	4	0.1%
38	38	241,991	0.2%	6	0.1%
39	39	35,385	0.0%	1	0.0%
40	40	25,423,891	21.9%	822	21.7%
41	41	153,547	0.1%	4	0.1%
42	42	127,991	0.1%	5	0.1%
43	43	43,705	0.0%	2	0.0%
45	45	7,098,915	6.1%	232	6.1%
46	46	52,840	0.0%	3	0.0%
47	47	79,090	0.0%	3	0.0%
48	48	225,039	0.1%	6	0.1%
50	50	28,454,606	24.5%	939	24.8%
51	51	70,853	0.0%	2	0.0%
52	52	98,673	0.0%	3	0.0%
53	53	144,166	0.1%	2	0.0%
54	54	16,574	0.0%	1	0.0%
55	55	2,535,923	2.1%	80	2.1%
56	56	38,857	0.0%	1	0.0%
58	58	15,893	0.0%	1	0.0%
60	60	1,917,537	1.6%	73	1.9%
62	62	10,083	0.0%	1	0.0%
65	65	706,278	0.6%	24	0.6%
68	68	24,757	0.0%	1	0.0%
70	70	242,710	0.2%	7	0.1%
75	75	16,229	0.0%	1	0.0%
80	80	44,468	0.0%	2	0.0%
94	94	14,529	0.0%	1	0.0%
95	When a doctor/health provider says to, no age given	5,007,846	4.3%	169	4.4%
98	Refused	155,551	0.1%	7	0.1%
99	Don't know	27,868,233	24.0%	920	24.3%
	Total	-	100%	3,782	100%

Survey Notes:	HINTS 2003 Survey Instrument (English): PDF
Who was asked:	People who responded "Don't know" or "Refused" when asked when their most recent stool blood test occurred , People who have heard of a fecal occult or stool blood test , People who have not had colon cancer
Data collection method:	Phone
Question source:	New to HINTS 2003
Dataset:	2003
Briefs that use this question:	Brief 15: Organizations Collaborate to Focus on Prevention Messages Breve 15: Las organizaciones colaboran para hacer hincapié en los mensajes de prevención
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U.S. map from this question:	None