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When did you have your most recent sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy to check for colon cancer?

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[CC-08]  When did you have your most recent sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy to check for colon cancer?

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Estimated U.S. Adult Population information
Survey Respondents information
  Response Number Percentage Sample
Responses
Sample
Percentage
1 A year ago or less 16,150,510 32.1% 583 30.8%
2 More than 1 but not more than 5 years ago 25,263,376 50.2% 960 50.7%
3 More than 5 but not more than 10 years ago 5,178,204 10.2% 195 10.3%
4 Over 10 years ago 3,446,132 6.8% 140 7.4%
99 Don't know 269,601 0.5% 12 0.6%
 
Total
- 100% 1,890 100%
Survey Notes:
HINTS 2005 Survey Instrument (English): PDF  
Who was asked:
People who are 45 or older , People who have not had colon cancer , People who have had a sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy  
Data collection method:
Phone
Question source:
Revised from: NHIS 2000, Cancer Module, question NAF.560-561 
Dataset:
2005
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