QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 50–75 Years Who Met Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening Recommendations, — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2018

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• Alternative Title:
  Percentage of Adults Aged 50–75 Years Who Met Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening Recommendations, — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2018
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Clarke, Tainya C. ; Thompson, Trevor D. ; Sabatino, Susan A. ; Shapiro, Jean A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2018, 67.0% of U.S. adults aged 50–75 years met the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for colorectal cancer screening; 60.6% had a colonoscopy in the past 10 years. An estimated 11.3% had either a gFOBT or FIT within the past 1 year, or had a FIT DNA test in the past 3 years. Fewer adults, 3.1%, had a sigmoidoscopy or CT colonography in the past 5 years.
  
  Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2018. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.
  
  Reported by: Tainya C. Clarke, PhD; Trevor D. Thompson; Susan A. Sabatino, MD; Jean A. Shapiro, PhD.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Epidemiology Public Health Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 69(11):314
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Center for Health Statistics
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