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Table 2 Colorectal cancer awareness, importance, knowledge of testing, and perceived susceptibility (N = 58)

From: Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community

 

N

%

Heard of CRCa

 Yes

19

36.5

 No

26

50.0

 Don’t know

7

13.5

Importance of CRC screeninga

 Very important, important, somewhat important

49

96.1

 Not important, not important at all

2

3.9

Received CRC test in last 10 yearsb

 Yes

1

3.0

 No

30

90.9

 Don’t know

2

6.1

Know how to get tested for CRCa

 Yes

7

12.5

 No

45

80.4

 Don’t know

4

7.1

Likelihood of being diagnosed with CRCa

 Very likely, likely, somewhat likely

22

52.4

 Not likely, not at all likely

20

47.6

  1. Missing for: heard of CRC n = 6, importance of CRC testing n = 7, received CRC test within last 10 years n = 1, likelihood of being diagnosed with CRC n = 16, know how to get tested for CRC n = 2
  2. Limited to participants ages 45 and older (n = 34), missing for n = 1