Effect of Language on Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Latinos and Non-Latinos

DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2692 Published August 2008

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Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of 2006 BRFSS sample: Participants age 50 y and older—estimates weighted for sample design

		Non-Latino responding-in-English	Latino responding-in-English	Latino responding-in-Spanish
Weighted	n	45,422,579	3,413,576	2,468,406
Age	Mean	64.20	61.61	61.29
Age		SE	0.07	0.32	0.53
Region (%)	Northeast	22.96	14.18	17.28
		Midwest	14.34	5.45	5.07
		Southern	31.34	28.71	33.18
		Western	31.36	51.66	44.50
Gender (%)	Male	45.92	44.36	45.91
Gender (%)		Female	54.08	55.64	54.09
Education (%)	<High school	8.18	24.13	67.55
		High school/GED	28.13	27.37	15.17
		>High school	63.69	48.49	17.28
Marital (%)	Partnered	65.77	64.30	66.02
Marital (%)		Not partnered	34.23	35.70	33.98
Income (%)	<$20,000	13.86	27.15	44.70
		$20,000-$34,999	18.56	19.34	22.80
		$35,000-$74,999	28.14	25.47	10.04
		$75,000+	25.11	15.89	0.96
		Refused	14.32	12.14	21.51
Medical insurance (%)		93.57	86.25	68.23
Identified health care provider (%)		91.56	85.44	70.28
Smoking (%)	Current	14.27	13.76	12.94
Good health (%)		79.02	69.93	40.21
CRC screening (%)	FOBT	17.07	14.19	6.36
		Endoscopy	57.29	46.75	30.37
		Combined	61.61	51.04	33.40

Table 2.

Screening rates and ORs for CRC screening

			Non-Latino responding-in-English	Latino responding-in-English	Latino responding-in-Spanish
Crude	OR (95% CI)	1.00 (n/a)	0.65 (0.56-0.75)	0.31 (0.25-0.38)
Crude		Screening rates	0.62	0.51	0.33
Adjusted*	OR (95% CI)	1.00 (n/a)	0.84 (0.72-0.98)	0.57 (0.44-0.74)
Adjusted*		Screening rates	0.61	0.55	0.46
Stratified models
Low SES adj^†	OR (95% CI)	1.00 (n/a)	0.70 (0.54-0.91)	0.50 (0.39-0.65)
Low SES adj^†		Screening rates	0.52	0.44	0.37
High SES adj^†	OR (95% CI)	1.00 (n/a)	0.84 (0.70-1.01)	0.39 (0.24-0.64)
High SES adj^†		Screening rates	0.63	0.59	0.44

Abbreviation: Adj, adjusted model.
↵* ORs and screening rates adjusted for age, regular medical care, marital status, insurance, gender, current smoking status, self-perceived health status, geographic region, and SES status.
↵† ORs and screening rates adjusted for age, regular medical care, marital status, insurance, gender, current smoking status, self-perceived health status, and geographic region.