Table 2 Incident CRC screening rates by screening types in 2018 Medicare beneficiaries aged 66–75 years

Age (y)

 66–69

74,185

94.1

(93.4,94.7)

17,038

21.6

(21.3,21.9)

44,945

57.0

(56.5,57.5)

14,092

17.9

(17.6,18.2)

 70–75

65,134

94.6

(93.9,95.2)

12,979

18.8

(18.5,19.2)

39,067

56.7

(56.2,57.3)

14,869

21.6

(21.2,21.9)

Sex

 Male

52,601

76.0

(75.4,76.7)

11,169

16.1

(15.8,16.4)

32,654

47.2

(46.7,47.7)

10,043

14.5

(14.2,14.8)

 Female

86,718

110.4

(109.7,111.0)

18,848

24.0

(23.6,24.3)

51,358

65.4

(64.8,65.9)

18,918

24.1

(23.7,24.4)

Race/ethnicity

 White

116,432

95.4

(94.9,95.9)

25,249

20.7

(20.4,20.9)

68,176

55.9

(55.5,56.3)

26,176

21.4

(21.2,21.7)

 Black

8417

72.8

(71.3,74.3)

2120

18.3

(17.6,19.1)

5400

46.7

(45.5,47.9)

1087

9.4

(8.8,10.0)

 Asian

3645

113.4

(109.9,116.9)

496

15.4

(14.1,16.8)

2908

90.5

(87.3,93.6)

300

9.3

(8.3,10.4)

 Hispanic

2916

101.9

(98.4,105.4)

416

14.5

(13.2,15.9)

2429

84.9

(81.7,88.1)

116

4.1

(3.3,4.8)

 Other

7909

97.8

(95.7,99.8)

1736

21.5

(20.5,22.5)

5099

63.0

(61.4,64.7)

1282

15.9

(15.0,16.7)

Regions

 Northeast

22,568

90.6

(89.5,91.7)

5310

21.3

(20.7,21.9)

13,615

54.6

(53.8,55.5)

4293

17.2

(16.7,17.7)

 Midwest

29,287

89.7

(88.8,90.7)

7224

22.1

(21.6,22.6)

15,058

46.1

(45.4,46.9)

7657

23.5

(22.9,24.0)

 South

54,400

95.1

(94.3,95.9)

11,458

20.0

(19.7,20.4)

31,961

55.9

(55.3,56.5)

12,596

22.0

(21.6,22.4)

 West

32,542

100.9

(99.9,102.0)

5961

18.5

(18.0,19.0)

22,916

71.1

(70.2,72.0)

4404

13.7

(13.3,14.1)

 Missing

522

68.1

(62.4,73.7)

64

8.3

(6.3,10.4)

462

60.2

(54.9,65.6)

11

1.4

(0.6,2.3)

Payer Type

 Medicare only

125,878

95.5

(95.0,96.0)

28,113

21.3

(21.1,21.6)

73,753

56.0

(55.6,56.4)

27,486

20.9

(20.6,21.1)

 Dual Medicare & Medicaid

13,441

84.0

(82.7,85.4)

1904

11.9

(11.4,12.4)

10,259

64.1

(62.9,65.3)

1475

9.2

(8.8,9.7)