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. 2023 Oct 17;24:101540. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101540

Table 1b.

Characteristics of individuals eligible for breast cancer screening by total population, sexual orientation, and gender identity. (n = 103,855; w.n. = 44,730,594).

Variables % Overall Total Eligible Population (95% CI) n [w.n.] Sexual Orientation
Gender Identity
% Straight (95% CI) n [w.n.] % Lesbian or Gay (95% CI) n [w.n.] % Bisexual (95% CI) n [w.n.] % Cisgender Female (95% CI) n [w.n.] % Transgender Woman (95% CI) n [w.n.] % Transgender Man (95% CI) n [w.n.] % Transgender Nonconforming (95% CI) n [w.n.]
Gender Identity
Cisgender Female 99.8 (99.7–99.8)
103,282 [44,449,368]
99.8 (99.7–99.8)
97,937 [41,817,861]
99.1 (98.3–99.5)
1,125 [455,599]
99.2 (97.8–99.7)
972 [376,907]
Transgender Woman 0.06 (0.04–0.09)
77 [27,777]
0.06 (0.04–0.09)
57 [23,707]
0.005 (0.002–1.2)
6 [2,186]
0.06 (0.03–0.2)
5 [246]
Transgender Man 0.1 (0.1–0.2)
56 [22,382]
0.1 (0.1–0.2)
37 [17,515]
0.07 (0.02–0.3)
4 [322]
0.003 (0.008–1.1)
3 [1,116]
Transgender Nonconforming 0.05 (0.03–0.08)
56 [22,382]
0.04 (0.03–0.07)
37 [17,515]
0.4 (0.1–0.9)
5 [1,665]
0.5 (0.09–2.3)
5 [1,727]
Sexual Orientation
Straight 98.0 (97.8–98.2)
98,440 [42,082,276]
98.0 (97.8–98.2)
97,937 [41,817,861]
90.7 (79.6–96.1)
57 [23,707]
97.3 (92.4–99.1)
125 [51,325]
83.8 (64.0–93.8)
37 [17,515]
Lesbian or Gay 0.1 (0.09–1.3)
1,143 [460,168]
1.1 (0.9–1.3)
1,125 [455,599]
8.4 (3.3–19.7)
6 [2,186]
0.6 (0.2–2.2)
4 [322]
8.0 (3.0–20.0)
5 [1,665]
Bisexual 0.9 (0.8–1.0)
989 [381,124]
0.9 (0.8–1.0)
972 [376,907]
0.9 (0.3–2.6)
5 [246]
2.1 (0.6–7.5)
3 [1,116]
8.3 (1.6–32.6)
5 [1,727]
Age
50–59 65.4 (64.8–66.0)
59,386 [29,240,474]
65.4 (64.8–66.0)
56,237 [27,533,589]
72.9 (62.4–81.3)
797 [335,405]
71.5 (66.0–76.5)
644 [272,677]
65.4 (64.8–66.0)
59,089 [29,086,646]
74.3 (59.2–85.2)
46 [20,628]
58.6 (45.0–71.0)
87 [33,812]
63.7 (43.7–79.9)
31 [14,253]
60–75 34.6 (34.0–35.2)
44,469 [15,490,120]
34.6 (34.0–35.2)
42,203 [14,548,687]
27.1 (18.7–37.6)
346 [124,763]
28.5 (23.5–34.0)
345 [108,447]
34.6 (34.0–35.2)
44,193 [15,362,722]
25.7 (14.8–40.8)
31 [7,149]
41.3 (29.0–55.0)
62 [23,864]
36.3 (20.1–56.3)
25 [8,129]
Race
NH-White 74.4 (73.7–75.1)
88,098 [33,287,778]
75.9 (75.2–76.6)
84,306 [31,947,628]
79.2 (67.2–87.6)
1,023 [364,256]
78.5 (72.9–83.3)
845 [299,327]
74.5 (73.8–75.2)
87,688 [33,133,075]
64.3 (43.0–81.1)
56 [17,865]
78.8 (63.1–89.0)
122 [45,456]
85.3 (70.8–93.3)
41 [19,094]
Black 11.3 (10.8–11.7)
8,180 [5,047,195]
11.3 (10.8–11.7)
7,521 [4,745,060]
6.8 (4.3–10.5)
51 [31,121]
11.2 (7.6–16.1)
69 [42,570]
11.3 (10.8–11.7)
8,109 [5,011,856]
15.1 (6.3–31.7)
11 [4,183]
11.3 (4.4–28.9)
14 [6,497]
9.5 (3.6–22.7)
7 [2,130]
Hispanic 10.3 (9.8–10.9)
4,708 [4,609,827]
9.2 (8.6–9.7)
3,961 [3,851,420]
6.6 (3.5–12.1)
46 [30,246]
8.2 (5.4–12.2)
53 [31,116]
10.2 (9.7–10.8) 4,643 [4,534,120] 19.0 (6.0–46.2)
6 [5,269]
7.6 (2.0–25.0)
5 [4,381]
4.6 (1.2–16.5)
5 [1,029]
Asian 4.0 (3.6–4.4)
2,869 [1,785,796]
3.7 (3.3–4.1)
2,652 [1,538,168]
7.5 (1.7–27.3)
23 [34,545]
2.1 (0.9–5.2)
22 [8,112]
4.0 (3.6–4.4)
2,842 [1,770,318]
1.7 (0.4–6.4)
4 [459]
2.3 (0.9–5.9)
8 [1,342]
0.6 (0.2–2.1)
3 [129]
Education
Elementary School or Some High School 12.2 (11.6–12.8)
6,294 [5,447,703]
10.9 (10.3–11.5)
5,394 [4,576,653]
11.7 (6.6–19.7)
41 [53,679]
5.6 (3.8–8.4)
53 [21,490]
12.1 (11.5–12.6)
6,183 [5,356,431]
15.6 (6.5–32.9)
10 [4,331]
16.8 (8.4–30.8)
18 [9,673]
6.2 (1.7–19.9)
4 [1,383]
High School 27.9 (27.3–28.5)
27,928 [12,476,603]
28.2 (27.7–28.8)
26,512 [11,882,980]
14.2 (10.8–18.6)
175 [65,495]
23.6 (18.7–29.2) 224 [89,808] 27.9 (27.3–28.5)
27,729 [12,393,462]
30.6 (16.6–49.4)
22 [8,492]
33.1 (22.2–46.2)
51 [19,081]
25.8 (12.8–45.3)
17 [5,783]
College 59.7 (59.1–60.4)
69,435 [26,721,532]
60.7 (60.0–61.4)
66,369 [25,544,267]
74.0 (66.6–80.3)
926 [340,740]
70.8 (65.1–75.9)
710 [269,695]
59.9 (59.2–60.6)
69,176 [26,615,089]
53.8 (35.2–71.4)
45 [14,954]
50.1 (36.7–63.6)
80 [28,922]
68.0 (48.3–82.8)
35 [15,216]
Missing 0.2 (0.1–0.3)
198 [84,757]
0.2 (0.1–0.3)
165 [78,376]
0.06 (0.008–0.2)
1 [254]
0.03 (0.007–0.5)
2 [130]
0.2 (0.1–0.3)
194 [84,386]
0.0
n = 0
0.0
n = 0
0.0
n = 0
Marital Status
Has a Partner 60.7 (60.0–61.3)
57,918 [27,142,125]
61.3 (60.7–62.0)
55,438 [25,818,559]
45.9 (38.5–53.5)
565 [211,274]
51.1 (45.2–57.0)
460 [194,862]
60.8 (60.1–61.4)
57,662 [27,008,742]
48.2 (30.1–66.8)
32 [13,390]
48.9 (35.5–62.5)
67 [28,224]
64.4 (44.8–80.2)
24 [14,422]
No Partner 38.9 (38.3–39.5)
45,435 [17,400,842]
38.3 (37.6–38.9)
42,570 [16,098,115]
53.4 (45.7–60.9)
571 [245,820]
48.2 (43.8–52.6)
528 [186,233]
38.8 (38.2–39.5)
45,121 [17,254,568]
51.8 (33.2–69.9)
45 [14,387]
51.1 (37.5–64.5)
82 [29,452]
35.6 (19.8–55.2)
32 [7,960]
Missing 0.4 (0.4–0.5)
502 [187,628]
0.4 (0.3–0.5)
432 [165,602]
0.7 (0.3–1.6)
7 [3,074]
0.008 (0.001–0.06)
1 [27]
0.4 (0.4–0.5)
499 [186,058]
0.0
n = 0
0.0
n = 0
0.0
n = 0
Employment Status
Employed 44.3 (43.7–45.0)
43,597 [19,816,593]
44.8 (44.2–45.5)
41,568 [18,872,962]
46.3 (38.8–54.0)
575 [213,228]
51.7 (45.8–57.6)
458 [197,037]
44.4 (43.7–45.0)
43,436 [19,721,400]
43.0 (25.6–62.3)
27 [11,947]
33.0 (21.4–47.1)
42 [19,028]
36.5 (19.3–58.0)
16 [8,175]
Unemployed 15.1 (14.6–15.6) 13,942 [6,740,523] 14.6 (14.1–15.1)
12,877 [6,146,528]
18.8 (13.8–25.1)
185 [86,407]
17.6 (13.5–22.6)
186 [67,049]
15.0 (14.5–15.5)
13,795 [6,676,043]
30.4 (14.8–52.3)
19 [8,448]
17.9 (11.0–27.7)
44 [10,331]
21.0 (9.5–40.3)
16 [4,696]
Student/Homemaker 9.4 (8.9–9.9)
6,877 [4,218,190]
9.1 (8.7–9.7)
6,461 [3,849,739]
4.2 (1.6–10.5)
18 [19,495]
6.8 (4.4–10.3)
51 [25,786]
9.4 (8.9–9.9)
6,831 [4,186,726]
3.3 (0.9–10.9)
3 [913]
11.4 (3.7–30.1)
9 [6,604]
1.2 (0.2–7.9)
2 [278]
Retired 30.7 (30.1–31.3)
38,979 [13,732,361]
31.0 (30.4–31.6)
37,130 [13,046,552]
30.3 (21.9–40.3)
360 [139,357]
23.7 (19.1–29.1)
293 [90,459]
30.7 (30.1–31.3)
38,764 [13,645,961]
23.3 (12.7–38.8)
28 [6,470]
35.5 (23.8–49.1)
52 [20,448]
0.02 (0.01–0.04)
22 [9,234]
Missing 0.5 (0.4–0.6)
460 [222,927]
0.4 (0.3–0.5)
404 [166,495]
0.4 (0.09–1.4)
5 [1,681]
0.2 (0.03–1.5)
1 [793]
0.5 (0.4–0.6)
456 [219,239]
0.0
n = 0
0.003 (0.0006–0.01)
2 [1,265]
0.0
n = 0
Income as Percent of FPL
<100 10.2 (9.7–10.6)
7,909 [4,547,644]
9.4 (9.0–9.9)
7,116 [3,975,757]
7.2 (4.1–12.4)
72 [33,138]
13.8 (10.2–18.4)
116 [52,648]
10.1 (9.7–10.6)
7,830 [4,505,826]
2.2 (0.8–5.6)
7 [609]
11.2 (6.1–19.7)
23 [6,481]
12.0 (3.9–31.3)
9 [2,691]
100–200 19.4 (18.9–19.9)
21,273 [8,672,300]
19.2 (18.7–19.7)
19,985 [8,083,570]
21.2 (15.7–28.0)
207 [97,384]
21.5 (16.9-26.9)
236 [81,780]
19.4 (18.8–19.9)
21,112 [8,601,069]
27.7 (14.3–46.8)
20 [7,699]
24.2 (15.4–35.8)
42 [13,948]
25.7 (11.2–48.8)
15 [5,760]
>200 70.4 (69.8–71.1)
74,673 [31,510,650]
71.3 (70.7–71.9)
71,339 [30,022,948]
71.6 (64.2–78.0)
864 [329,646]
64.7 (58.8–70.2)
637 [246,697]
70.5 (69.9–71.1)
74,340 [31,342,473]
70.1 (51.3–83.9)
50 [19,469]
64.6 (52.0–75.4)
84 [37,247]
62.2 (40.7–79.8)
32 [13,931]
Insurance Status
Yes 94.3 (93.9–94.6)
99,711 [42,165,920]
94.6 (94.2–94.9)
94,716 [39,807,479]
97.0 (95.1–98.2)
1,102 [446,412]
92.2 (88.3–94.9)
939 [351,463]
94.3 (93.9–94.6)
99,190 [41,913,472]
95.8 (87.2–98.7)
73 [26,622]
90.7 (80.7–95.7)
136 [52,290]
99.5 (97.6–99.9)
54 [22,273]
No 5.5 (5.1–5.9)
3,930 [2,451,170]
5.2 (4.8–5.5)
3,542 [2,175,998]
3.0 (1.8–4.9)
41 [13,756]
7.3 (4.7–11.2)
45 [27,866]
5.5 (5.1–5.8)
3,881 [2,422,728]
3.7 (1.0–12.7)
3 [1,034]
9.1 (4.1–19.1)
12 [5,237]
0.5 (0.1–2.4)
2 [109]
Missing 0.3 (0.2–0.3)
214 [113,504]
0.2 (0.2–0.3)
182 [98,798]
0.0 n = 0 0.5 (0.1–2.3)
5 [1,796]
0.3 (0.04–1.8)
211 [113,168]
0.4 (0.1–3.1)
1 [122]
0.3 (0.04–1.8)
1 [149]
0.0
n = 0
Health Care Access Hardship
Yes 10.7 (10.2–11.1)
8,874 [4,768,206]
10.4 (9.9–10.8)
8,203 [4,363,388]
7.5 (5.2–10.6)
102 [34,322]
14.2 (10.2–19.5) 122 [54,157] 10.6 (10.2–11.1)
8,781 [4,712,611]
4.5 (1.9–10.1)
8 [1,240]
13.0 (6.9–23.3)
17 [7,510]
11.3 (3.4–31.5)
9 [2,535]
No 88.9 (88.5–89.4)
94,596 [39,774,302]
89.2 (88.8–89.7)
89,886 [37,547,973]
92.4 (89.3–94.7)
1,039 [425,239]
84.7 (79.2–88.9)
863 [322,648]
89.0 (88.5–89.4)
94,122 [39,553,578]
84.2 (57.9–95.4)
67 [23,399]
86.3 (76.1–92.6)
131 [49,791]
88.7 (68.5–96.6)
47 [19,847]
Missing 0.4 (0.4–0.5)
385 [188,086]
0.4 (0.3–0.5)
351 [170,915]
0.1 (0.03–0.6)
2 [607]
1.1 (0.2–5.2)
4 [4,319]
0.4 (0.4–0.5)
379 [183,179]
11.3 (2.0–44.2)
2 [3,139]
0.7 (0.09–4.5)
1 [376]
0.0
n = 0
Personal Doctor
Yes 91.9 (91.6–92.3)
96,373 [41,129,262]
92.2 (91.8–92.6)
91,525 [38,806,938]
95.3 (93.2–96.8) 1,069 [438,693] 90.9 (86.9–93.8)
905 [346,400]
92.0 (91.6–92.4)
95,854 [40,894,246]
81.5 (60.3–92.7)
65 [22,638]
84.8 (64.5–94.5)
140 [48,886]
82.4 (59.8–93.6)
50 [18,443]
No 7.6 (7.2–7.9)
7,022 [3,375,298]
7.3 (7.0–7.7)
6,503 [3,084,599]
4.5 (3.1–6.6)
72 [20,867]
7.8 (5.3–11.4)
79 [29,832]
7.5 (7.2–7.9)
6971 [3,333,531]
18.5 (7.3–39.7)
12 [5,139]
8.1 (2.3–25.1)
7 [4,675]
17.6 (6.4–40.2)
6 [3,939]
Missing 0.5 (0.4–0.6)
460 [226,034]
0.5 (0.4–0.5)
412 [190,738]
0.1 (0.03–0.6)
2 [607]
1.3 (0.3–5.0)
5 [4,892]
0.5 (0.4–0.6)
457 [221,591]
0.0
n = 0
7.1 (1.2–32.0)
2 [4,114]
0.0
n = 0
Checkup in the Last 2 Years
Yes 92.2 (91.8–92.5)
95,969 [41,221,401]
92.2 (91.8–92.5)
91,014 [38,790,548]
92.0 (88.2–94.6)
1,050 [423,270]
92.4 (88.7–95.0)
914 [352,223]
92.2 (91.8–92.5)
95,450 [40,963,215]
94.9 (88.8–97.8)
69 [26,360]
90.8 (81.1–95.8)
133 [52,369]
87.4 (67.6–95.9)
50 [19,571]
No 7.0 (6.7–7.3)
6,975 [3,129,787]
7.1 (6.7–7.4)
6,609 [2,972,844]
6.0 (3.9–9.2)
81 [27,557]
6.2 (4.1–9.3)
69 [23,703]
7.0 (6.7–7.3)
6,934 [3,110,404]
4.6 (1.9–10.6)
7 [1,275]
6.1 (2.2–16.3)
10 [3,543]
12.6 (4.1–32.4)
6 [2,811]
Missing 0.8 (0.7–1.0)
911 [379,406]
0.8 (0.7–0.9)
817 [318,884]
2.0 (0.8–4.8)
12 [9,341]
1.4 (0.4–5.1)
6 [5,198]
0.8 (0.7–1.0)
898 [375,749]
0.5 (0.07–3.7)
1 [142]
3.1 (1.1–8.3)
6 [1,764]
0.0
n = 0