Table 1.
Profile and distribution of women attending cervical cancer screening via HPV DNA testing between 2019–2021
| Variables | n | % | % By population distribution¶ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | |||
| Overall | 36,738 | 100.00 | |
| Locality† | |||
| Rural | 3,489 | 9.50 (13.01) a | 22.31 |
| Urban | 23,248 | 63.28 (86.95) a | 77.69 |
| Unrecorded# | 10,001 | 27.22 | |
| State | |||
| Johor | 979 | 2.66 | 21.62 |
| Kedah | 9,392 | 25.56 | 12.13 |
| Kelantan | 2,410 | 6.56 | 10.37 |
| Negeri Sembilan | 1,252 | 3.41 | 6.66 |
| Selangor | 4,997 | 13.60 | 37.98 |
| WPKL & Putrajaya | 17,708 | 48.20 | 11.23 |
| Age group (years) | |||
| 20–29 | 587 | 1.60 | 28.15 |
| 30–39 | 21,478 | 58.46 | 28.19 |
| 40–49 | 11,073 | 30.14 | 21.02 |
| 50–65 | 3,600 | 9.80 | 22.64 |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Malay | 30,638 | 83.40 | 69.80 |
| Chinese | 3,046 | 8.29 | 22.40 |
| Indian | 2,447 | 6.66 | 6.80 |
| Others | 591 | 1.61 | 1.00 |
| Missing | 16 | 0.04 | |
| Education level† | |||
| Never attended school/Primary | 655 | 1.78 (5.75) a | 9.50 |
| Secondary | 4,816 | 13.11 (42.27) a | 50.00 |
| Certificate/Tertiary | 5,923 | 16.12 (51.98) a | 40.50 |
| Unrecorded# | 25,344 | 68.99 | |
| Income level† | |||
| < = RM3999 | 6,656 | 18.12 (58.47) a | Monthly household income in the year 2020: Median = RM5209; Mean = RM7089 |
| RM4000-RM7999 | 3,637 | 9.90 (31.95) a | |
| > = RM8000 | 1,091 | 2.97 (9.58) a | |
| Unrecorded# | 25,354 | 69.01 | |
| Occupation† | |||
| Self-employed | 758 | 2.06 (6.65) a | - |
| Government employee | 3,675 | 10.00 (32.26) a | |
| Private employee | 2,665 | 7.25 (23.39) a | |
| Pensioner/Housewife | 4,294 | 11.69 (37.69) a | |
| Unrecorded# | 25,346 | 68.99 | |
| Sampling method | |||
| Assisted by HCP | 826 | 2.25 | - |
| Self-sampling | 35,872 | 97.64 | |
| Missing | 40 | 0.11 | |
| Year of HPV screening | |||
| 2019 | 17,493 | 47.62 | - |
| 2020 | 9,073 | 24.70 | |
| 2021 | 10,172 | 27.69 | |
| Number of children | |||
| 0 | 2,444 | 6.70 | - |
| 1 | 4,813 | 13.10 | |
| 2 | 8,820 | 24.00 | |
| 3 | 9,816 | 26.70 | |
| 4 | 6,246 | 17.00 | |
| > 4 | 4,380 | 11.90 | |
| Missing | 219 | 0.60 | |
| HPV results | |||
| High-risk HPV not detected | 34,005 | 92.56 | - |
| Positive high-risk HPV 16/18 | 452 | 1.23 | |
| Positive high-risk non-16/18 HPV | 1,214 | 3.30 | |
| Total high-risk HPV positive | 1,666 | 4.53 | |
| Unsatisfactory HPV test | 911 | 2.48 | |
| Missing | 156 | 0.42 | |
HCP Healthcare provider, RM Malaysian Ringgit, WPKL Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, DOSM Department of Statistics Malaysia, n number, % percentage
¶ The percentage of women attending the screening was compared to population data for 2020 to determine the difference in characteristics of those attending the public screening program from the general population
† Information on locality, education level, income level and occupation was only collected from August 2020 onwards, rendering many unrecorded cases marked as #
a Percentage after removing unrecorded cases