Table 4.
Number of residents eligible for screening colonoscopy in 2000, and the annual and monthly targets for colonoscopy screening if 100% of residents aged 50 and over are screened every 10 years in Zip codes including and adjacent to Lincoln Hospital
| All adjacent Zip codes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| N | Number to screen | ||
| Annually | Monthly | ||
| Total population | 262,196 | n/a | n/a |
| Population 50+ | 50,056 | 5,006 | 417 |
| Sex (among population 50+) | |||
| Female | 30,002 | 3,000 | 250 |
| Male | 20,054 | 2,005 | 167 |
| Race/ethnicity (among population 50+) | |||
| Black | 19,365 | 1,937 | 161 |
| Hispanic | 28,100 | 2,810 | 234 |
| White/other | 1,624 | 162 | 14 |
| Age | |||
| 50–54 | 12,662 | 1,266 | 106 |
| 55–59 | 10,244 | 1,024 | 85 |
| 60–64 | 8,564 | 856 | 71 |
| 65–69 | 6,414 | 641 | 53 |
| 70–74 | 4,781 | 478 | 40 |
| 75+ | 7,391 | 739 | 62 |