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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of US Adults with Health Insurance, aged 50-64 years, surveyed in the period of 2002-2008

From: The association between state mandates of colorectal cancer screening coverage and colorectal cancer screening utilization among US adults aged 50 to 64 years with health insurance

Characteristics

Unweighted, N (%)

Weighted %

Year of the survey

   

2002

45465

(15.5)

22.3

2004

62271

(21.2)

23.7

2006

82923

(28.2)

26.1

2008

102967

(35.1)

27.9

Age

   

50-54

105041

(35.8)

40.6

55-59

100781

(34.3)

32.8

60-64

87804

(29.9)

26.6

Sex

   

Male

117328

(40.0)

49.0

Female

176298

(60.0)

51.0

Annual Household income

   

<25,000

50398

(17.2)

14.8

25,000-<50,000

75277

(25.6)

23.6

> = 50000

135243

(46.1)

50.8

Missing

32568

(11.1)

10.8

Education

   

Less than high school or High School

100382

(34.2)

34.2

Some college or College graduate

192786

(65.8)

65.8

Race

   

White, non-Hispanic

246930

(84.4)

79.1

Black, non-Hispanic

19904

(6.8)

8.0

Hispanic

10685

(3.7)

7.4

Other, Multi-racial, non-Hispanic

13615

(4.7)

5.5

Health status

   

Excellent or Very good

678834

(51.5)

53.6

Good

396194

(30.1)

30.1

Fair or poor

241939

(18.4)

16.3

Marital status

   

Divorced/Widowed/Separated

81354

(27.8)

20.0

Single

21170

(7.2)

5.2

Married/member of unmarried couple

190143

(65.0)

74.7

State privately insured population*

   

Low

79047

(26.9)

38.7

Medium

101351

(34.5)

30.2

High

113228

(38.6)

31.1

  1. Note: Missing responses constituted less than 0.8% on all of the above variables, except income for which missing values were coded as a separate category. * State-level variable from the Census[19] and expressed in tertiles of the distribution of the states' proportion of adults aged 50 to 64 years with private insurance.