European Health Survey PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES Time elapsed since the last fecal occult blood test by sex and Autonomous Community. Population from 50 to 69 years old. Units: percentage TOTAL In the last 12 months 1 year or more but less than 2 years ago 2 years or more but less than 3 years ago 3 years ago or more Never had this test done Both sexes Total 100.00 8.33 4.07 2.12 4.89 80.59 Andalucía 100.00 3.52 2.13 1.82 4.64 87.88 Aragón 100.00 3.62 1.18 1.31 7.39 86.50 Asturias (Principado de) 100.00 2.71 0.81 1.93 5.86 88.69 Balears (Illes) 100.00 4.76 3.23 0.66 3.87 87.49 Canarias 100.00 9.03 4.80 3.31 3.17 79.69 Cantabria 100.00 20.46 8.97 1.71 1.13 67.73 Castilla y León 100.00 4.99 2.62 2.97 7.05 82.36 Castilla-La Mancha 100.00 2.72 1.63 1.44 3.57 90.64 Cataluña 100.00 5.81 5.56 1.60 5.49 81.53 Comunitat Valenciana 100.00 13.10 4.11 2.26 3.84 76.69 Extremadura 100.00 3.39 1.53 1.95 3.91 89.23 Galicia 100.00 6.32 3.73 1.74 7.13 81.08 Madrid (Comunidad de) 100.00 3.50 2.32 1.14 5.34 87.70 Murcia (Región de) 100.00 15.85 8.45 4.45 4.30 66.96 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 100.00 10.30 1.96 1.71 2.57 83.46 País Vasco 100.00 44.45 15.09 6.03 3.40 31.04 Rioja (La) 100.00 24.13 8.45 2.71 4.70 60.01 Ceuta (Ciudad Autónoma de) 100.00 7.11 1.84 1.84 3.56 85.65 Melilla (Ciudad Autónoma de) 100.00 0.75 3.32 2.24 0.96 92.72 Men Total 100.00 8.38 3.88 2.01 4.39 81.33 Andalucía 100.00 4.55 2.09 0.54 4.15 88.68 Aragón 100.00 4.03 0.87 2.19 9.07 83.84 Asturias (Principado de) 100.00 2.25 0.66 1.94 3.10 92.06 Balears (Illes) 100.00 4.86 2.63 0.65 4.80 87.06 Canarias 100.00 6.56 2.90 2.85 2.03 85.66 Cantabria 100.00 22.79 8.63 2.42 1.49 64.67 Castilla y León 100.00 5.47 3.08 2.69 7.22 81.54 Castilla-La Mancha 100.00 4.63 2.61 0.94 4.45 87.36 Cataluña 100.00 6.18 6.41 0.62 4.20 82.60 Comunitat Valenciana 100.00 13.36 3.07 3.42 4.37 75.79 Extremadura 100.00 2.32 3.11 3.36 2.97 88.24 Galicia 100.00 6.73 4.33 1.77 5.62 81.55 Madrid (Comunidad de) 100.00 1.80 0.93 1.67 3.82 91.79 Murcia (Región de) 100.00 17.33 7.03 5.00 4.19 66.45 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 100.00 8.31 0.28 3.12 2.52 85.77 País Vasco 100.00 42.52 15.67 6.61 4.65 30.55 Rioja (La) 100.00 25.57 5.10 2.27 3.53 63.53 Ceuta (Ciudad Autónoma de) 100.00 . . . . . Melilla (Ciudad Autónoma de) 100.00 0.77 3.85 3.08 1.93 90.37 Women Total 100.00 8.29 4.24 2.22 5.35 79.90 Andalucía 100.00 2.53 2.18 3.07 5.12 87.10 Aragón 100.00 3.22 1.48 0.47 5.78 89.04 Asturias (Principado de) 100.00 3.14 0.94 1.92 8.35 85.66 Balears (Illes) 100.00 4.66 3.78 0.67 3.01 87.88 Canarias 100.00 11.41 6.64 3.75 4.27 73.93 Cantabria 100.00 18.14 9.31 1.01 0.77 70.77 Castilla y León 100.00 4.51 2.15 3.25 6.88 83.21 Castilla-La Mancha 100.00 0.79 0.64 1.95 2.67 93.95 Cataluña 100.00 5.48 4.78 2.51 6.67 80.56 Comunitat Valenciana 100.00 12.88 5.04 1.22 3.37 77.50 Extremadura 100.00 4.42 0.00 0.59 4.81 90.18 Galicia 100.00 5.93 3.17 1.71 8.55 80.65 Madrid (Comunidad de) 100.00 4.90 3.48 0.70 6.59 84.33 Murcia (Región de) 100.00 14.36 9.87 3.89 4.42 67.46 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 100.00 12.23 3.59 0.35 2.62 81.21 País Vasco 100.00 46.24 14.54 5.50 2.23 31.49 Rioja (La) 100.00 22.62 11.97 3.18 5.92 56.31 Ceuta (Ciudad Autónoma de) 100.00 . . . . . Melilla (Ciudad Autónoma de) 100.00 0.73 2.80 1.40 0.00 95.07 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) The symbol '.' shall be deemed as datum which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '..' shall be deemed as datum which is not collected for this classification in the table The data corresponding to cells with less than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error Source: National Statistics Institute