
Disparities Details by Sex 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 Sex 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)

Sex | 2018 | Disparity |
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Male | 65.7 CI 64.0/67.3 SE 0.843 |
x 1.000 Best rate |
Female | 64.8 CI 63.2/66.3 SE 0.798 |
x 1.014 CI 1.000/ 1.044 |
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, 65.7% (age adjusted), was attained by the male population.
- The worse group rate for this objective, 64.8% (age adjusted), was attained by the female population.
- The absolute difference (or range) between the best and worst group rates was 0.9 percentage points.
- The best group rate was <1.100 times the worst group rate.
The male population achieved the better group rate for this objective, 65.7% (age adjusted).
The better group rate was <1.1 times the rate for the female population.