
Disparities Details by Geographic Location for 2018
C-16 : Adults receiving colorectal cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines (age-adjusted, percent, 50–75 years)
This chart compares rates by population.
Error Bar (I) represents the 95% confidence interval.
Additional footnotes may apply to these data. Please refer to footnotes below the data table for further information.
See also Disparities Overview by Geographic Location for C-16
C-16 Increase the proportion of adults who receive a colorectal cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines
Adults receiving colorectal cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines (age-adjusted, percent, 50–75 years)

Geographic Location | 2018 | Disparity |
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Metropolitan | 66.0 CI 64.8/67.3 SE 0.634 |
x 1.000 Best rate |
Non-metropolitan | 60.6 CI 57.9/63.3 SE 1.374 |
x 1.090 CI 1.000/ 1.135 |
Data are subject to revision and may have changed since a previous release. Unless noted otherwise, any age-adjusted data are adjusted using the year 2000 standard population. Data are not available or not collected for populations not shown. CI: 95% confidence interval. |
- The better group rate for this objective, 66.0% (age adjusted), was attained by persons living in a metropolitan area.
- The worse group rate for this objective, 60.6% (age adjusted), was attained by persons living in a non-metropolitan area.
- The absolute difference (or range) between the best and worst group rates was 5.4 percentage points.
- The best group rate was <1.100 times the worst group rate.
Persons living in a metropolitan area achieved the better group rate for this objective, 66.0% (age adjusted).
The better group rate was <1.1 times the rate among persons living in a non-metropolitan area.