Mailed FIT programme cohort demographics
| Central California | Puget Sound | |
| Mailed FIT total (n=3635) n (%)* | Mailed FIT total (n=2022) n (%)* | |
| Age | ||
| 50–64 | 1552 (43) | 1011 (50) |
| 65–75 | 2083 (57) | 1011 (50) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 3415 (94) | 1806 (89) |
| Female | 220 (6) | 216 (11) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 2046 (56) | 1354 (67) |
| Hispanic | 852 (23) | 79 (3.9) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 301 (8.3) | 359 (18) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 106 (2.9) | 101 (5.0) |
| Multirace | 54 (1.5) | 44 (2.2) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 34 (0.9) | 23 (1.1) |
| Other | 18 (0.5) | 3 (0.1) |
| Rurality | ||
| Urban | 2673 (74) | 1521 (75) |
| Rural | 962 (26) | 454 (22) |
| Prior FIT completion in the VA | ||
| Completed ≥1 FIT† | 668 (18) | 1046 (52) |
| Never completed | 2967 (82) | 976 (48) |
*Numbers may not add to totals and percentages to 100% due to missing data (ie, unknown response).
†Completed ≥1 FIT kit within the past 5 years.
FIT, faecal immunochemical test; VA, Veterans Health Administration.