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Table A
Percentage reporting having colorectal cancer testing, by type of test and province/territory, household population aged 50 or older, Canada, 2008
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| Province/Territory | Fecal occult blood test (FOBT) in past two years | Colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy in past five years | FOBT in past two years or colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy in past five years | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | 95% confidence interval | Percentage | 95% confidence interval | Percentage | 95% confidence interval | ||||
| from | to | from | to | from | to | ||||
| Canada | 22.7 | 21.9 | 23.6 | 24.4† | 23.6 | 25.3 | 39.8 | 38.8 | 40.8 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 15.6* | 12.8 | 18.4 | 24.8† | 21.2 | 28.3 | 33.9* | 30.0 | 37.8 |
| Prince Edward Island | 18.0* | 14.1 | 21.9 | 21.3 | 16.4 | 26.2 | 32.3* | 27.1 | 37.5 |
| Nova Scotia | 16.3* | 13.3 | 19.3 | 19.4* | 16.8 | 22.0 | 31.8* | 28.2 | 35.4 |
| New Brunswick | 16.4* | 14.1 | 18.6 | 24.1 † | 21.3 | 27.0 | 34.5* | 31.2 | 37.8 |
| Quebec | 9.7* | 8.5 | 11.0 | 21.6*† | 19.9 | 23.3 | 27.7* | 25.9 | 29.5 |
| Ontario | 30.5* | 28.9 | 32.2 | 29.8* | 28.2 | 31.4 | 49.6* | 47.8 | 51.5 |
| Manitoba | 41.9* | 38.0 | 45.7 | 22.4 † | 19.2 | 25.5 | 53.5* | 49.8 | 57.2 |
| Saskatchewan | 22.3 | 19.6 | 25.0 | 23.6 | 20.9 | 26.3 | 38.1 | 35.1 | 41.2 |
| Alberta | 23.0 | 20.4 | 25.5 | 20.3* | 17.9 | 22.7 | 37.3 | 34.5 | 40.2 |
| British Columbia | 23.8 | 21.8 | 25.7 | 19.4* † | 17.4 | 21.4 | 36.8* | 34.6 | 39.1 |
| Yukon | 24.6 | 17.2 | 31.9 | 10.9* † E | 5.8 | 16.1 | 28.7* | 21.0 | 36.3 |
| Northwest Territories | 18.5 E | 7.7 | 29.3 | F | F | F | 29.8 E | 16.8 | 42.9 |
| Nunavut | 12.0* E | 5.4 | 18.6 | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| * significantly different from estimate for other provinces/territories combined (p < 0.05) † significantly different from estimate for FOBT (p < 0.05) E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%) F too unreliable to be published (coefficient of variation greater than 33.3%) Source: 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2009, "Colorectal cancer testing in Canada–2008", Health Reports, Vol. 20, No. 3, catalogue number 82-003-X. |
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