Table 4 Distribution of (up to date) CRC screening participation by demographic characteristics

Sex

 Female

51.7

51.0

53.3

57.0

56.0

54.9

51.3

46.0

53.1

52.2

 Male

48.3

49.0

46.7

43.0

44.0

45.1

48.7

54.0

46.9

47.8

Age

 50–54

17.3

14.4

23.5

18.8

15.9

13.7

15.1

14.1

18.0

15.3

 55–59

24.7

19.5

20.6

16.3

25.9

22.5

18.4

22.0

22.4

20.1

 60–64

23.4

30.7

25.0

26.9

23.6

26.4

30.8

25.2

25.7

27.3

 65–69

20.5

18.6

17.6

24.0

20.3

18.8

17.7

20.3

19.0

20.4

 70–74

14.1

16.8

13.3

14.0

14.3

18.6

18.1

18.5

14.9

17.0

Marital status

 Married, common law

79.4

75.3

79.2

72.2

79.5

76.1

83.7

79.3

80.4

75.7

 Single, never married

4.9

5.7

4.6

7.5

2.8

7.9

2.7

6.8

3.7

7.0

 Widow, separated, divorced

15.8

19.1

16.2

20.3

17.6

16.0

13.6

13.9

15.8

17.3

Education

 Post sec. sch

58.3

50.1

58.6

57.0

64.4

61.9

67.2

57.7

62.1

56.7

 Sec. sch

14.5

28.1

15.8

20.7

11.4

20.1

6.7

21.8

12.1

22.7

 Less sec. sch

23.9

20.2

24.5

21.3

22.7

15.0

25.4

19.8

24.1

19.1

 Missing data

3.2

1.6

1.1

1.0

1.5

3.0

0.7

0.8

1.6

1.6

Household income

 US $80 k + 

34.7

41.1

32.1

40.6

38.8

46.4

39.6

41.3

36.3

42.4

 US $40 k–US $80 k

30.4

30.8

32

30.4

32.3

32.4

33.9

37.9

32.1

32.9

  < US $40 k

34.9

28.1

35.9

29.1

28.9

21.2

26.6

20.7

31.6

24.8

Number of comorbidities

 0

15.3

11.3

14.0

6.1

15.4

13.4

26.6

22.2

17.8

13.3

 1–2

45.0

52.6

44.8

52.1

41.8

46.0

43.1

47.8

43.7

49.6

 3–5

30.0

27.8

36.9

35.3

36.2

34.9

25.5

26.9

32.1

31.3

 6 + 

9.8

8.3

4.3

6.5

6.6

5.7

4.8

3.0

6.4

5.9