From: Adherence to colorectal cancer screening guidelines in Canada
Characteristic | Category | N | %a | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic/lifestyle | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Sex | male | 1208664 | 47.8 | |
 | female | 1320913 | 52.2 | |
Age | 50–64 | 1479850 | 58.5 | |
 | 65+ | 1049727 | 41.5 | |
Education | < high school | 689570 | 28.1 | |
 | high school grad. | 487774 | 19.9 | |
 | post-high school | 146537 | 6.0 | |
 | post-high school grad. | 1132259 | 46.1 | |
Country of birth | Canada | 1727948 | 69.7 | |
 | other | 750832 | 30.3 | |
Cultural/racial origin | White | 2174040 | 87.7 | |
 | other | 303954 | 12.3 | |
Household income | low-low medium | 696891 | 33.5 | |
 | upper medium | 720335 | 34.6 | |
 | high | 661775 | 31.8 | |
Fruits & vegetables | - | mean = 4.99 | sd = 2.32 | |
Number of alcoholic drinks | - | mean = 3.04 | sd = 5.78 | |
Physical activity | active | 584365 | 24.2 | |
 | moderate | 625280 | 25.9 | |
 | inactive | 1205071 | 49.9 | |
Employment status | full-time | 889514 | 36.1 | |
 | part-time | 216564 | 8.8 | |
 | no job | 1357573 | 55.1 | |
Clinical | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Self-perceived general healthb | excellent – poor | mean = 2.6 | sd = 1.1 | |
Smoking status | current | 399069 | 15.9 | |
 | former | 1305483 | 52.0 | |
 | never | 804093 | 32.1 | |
Bowel disease | yes | 90678 | 3.6 | |
 | no | 2434886 | 96.4 | |
Chronic condition | yes | 2129661 | 84.4 | |
 | no | 393254 | 15.6 | |
Regular physician | yes | 2393987 | 94.7 | |
 | no | 134991 | 5.3 | |
Flu shot | yes | 1516797 | 62.7 | |
 | no | 902214 | 37.3 | |
Psychosocial | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Self-perceived mental healthb | excellent – poor | mean = 2.0 | sd = 0.9 | |
Life satisfaction b | very satis. – very dissatis. | mean = 1.7 | sd = 0.8 | |
Self-perceived stress b | not at all – extremely | mean = 2.5 | sd = 1.1 | |
Self-perceived work stressb | not at all – extremely | mean = 2.9 | sd = 1.0 | |
Environmental | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Health region | 43 regions | - | - | |
Provincec | NF & B | 163555 | 6.5 | |
 | ON | 946484 | 37.4 | |
 | SK | 178713 | 7.1 | |
 | BC | 1240825 | 49.1 | |
Residential area | urban | 2002811 | 79.2 | |
 | rural | 526765 | 20.8 | |
Provincial | NF & B | ON | SK | BC |
Number gastroenterologistsd | 1.55 | 1.23 | 0.40 | 1.00 |
Number general practitionerse | 1.24 | 0.83 | 1.05 | 1.10 |
Endoscopist fees f | 125$ | 57$ | 143$ | 179$ |