Here are three things to know:
1. The data shows that colon cancer screening rates have gone up from 35 percent in 1999 to 66 percent in 2012.
2. More than one-third of eligible Kentucky residents still have not been screened.
3. Data from the American Cancer Society shows more than 850 people in the state die from colon cancer every year.
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