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For the guidance sufficient colorectal cancer screening, a person aged 50-75 must have reported having had home-based FOBT within the past year, or sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years and home-based FOBT within the past 3 years, or colonoscopy within the past 10 years at the time of interview.
For the guidance sufficient colorectal cancer screening, a person aged 50-75 must have reported having had home-based FOBT/FIT within the past year, or having had FIT-DNA (or Cologuard) within the past 3 years, or had sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years, or had sigmoidoscopy within the past 10 years and home-based FOBT/FIT within the past 1 year, or had colonoscopy within the past 10 years, or had CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) within past 5 years.
For the data periods 2011-2023, the questions needed to define guidance sufficient CRC were asked in BRFSS in the even years as part of the core questionnaire for all states, and in NHIS in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2023. The questions were worded in similar ways on the two surveys.
Available estimates are for the time period 2011-2016, 2017-2019, and 2021-2023, and on maps and in data tables by county, health service area (HSA) and state. The county estimates (2017-2019) are also released in State Cancer Profiles. Click on the map to view data values and confidence intervals for individual regions.
| Geography Name | GIS Code | Estimated Percent | Lower Confidence Interval | Upper Confidence Interval | County Fips: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 01 | 14 | .001 | 1000 | 12345 |