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. 2025 Apr 23;17(9):1411. doi: 10.3390/cancers17091411

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of sexual minority women and women who are not part of a sexual minority (breast cancer status is based on previously reported data) [11].

Cervical Cancer Screening Status Breast Cancer Screening Status
. VIF Total n (%) Sexual Minority Women n (%) Women Who Are Not Part of a Sexual Minority n (%) Chi-Square Test VIF Total n (%) Sexual Minority Women n (%) Women Who Are Not Part of a Sexual Minority n (%) Chi-Square Test
Overall - 13,730 (100.0) 2685 (19.6) 11,045 (80.4) - - 11,056 (100.0) 2022 (18.3) 9034 (81.7) -
Age 31.37 <0.001 29.93 <0.001
20s - 2674 (19.5) 663 (24.7) 2011 (18.2)
30s - 2123 (15.5) 378 (14.1) 1745 (15.8) - 2123 (19.2) 378 (18.7) 1745 (19.3)
40s - 2249 (16.4) 396 (14.7) 1853 (16.8) - 2249 (20.3) 396 (19.6) 1853 (20.5)
50s - 2190 (16.0) 347 (12.9) 1843 (16.7) - 2190 (19.8) 347 (17.2) 1843 (20.4)
60s - 2218 (16.2) 397 (14.8) 1821 (16.5) - 2218 (20.1) 397 (19.6) 1821 (20.2)
70s - 2027 (14.8) 438 (16.3) 1589 (14.4) - 2027 (18.3) 438 (21.7) 1589 (17.6)
80s - 249 (1.8) 66 (2.5) 183 (1.7) - 249 (2.3) 66 (3.3) 183 (2.0)
Cancer Screening - - - - <0.001 - - - - <0.001
Screened - 6079 (44.3) 1039 (38.7) 5040 (45.6) - - 5023 (45.4) 878 (43.4) 4145 (45.9) -
 No abnormality - 5667 (93.2) 943 (90.8) 4724 (93.7) <0.001 - 4637 (92.3) 813 (92.6) 3824 (92.3) <0.001
 Abnormality - 242 (4.0) 52 (5.0) 190 (3.8) - - 247 (4.9) 38 (4.3) 209 (5.0) -
 Unknown result - 170 (2.8) 44 (4.2) 126 (2.5) - - 139 (2.8) 27 (3.1) 112 (2.7) -
Planned Screening - 2768 (20.2) 443 (16.5) 2325 (21.1) - - 2450 (22.2) 331 (16.4) 2119 (23.5) -
No Screening - 4883 (35.6) 1203 (44.8) 3680 (33.3) - - 3583 (32.4) 813 (40.2) 2770 (30.7) -
Sexual minority women i dentity 1.50 - - - <0.001 1.53 - - - <0.001
No - 11,045 (80.4) 0 (0.0) 11,045 (100.0) - - 9034 (81.7) 0 (0.0) 9034 (100.0) -
Yes - 2685 (19.6) 2685 (100.0) 0 (0.0) - - 2022 (18.3) 2022 (100.0) - -
 Lesbian - 45 (1.7) 45 (1.7) - - - 25 (1.2) 25 (1.2) - -
 Bisexual - 174 (6.5) 174 (6.5) - - - 85 (4.2) 85 (4.2) - -
 Other - 489 (18.2) 489 (18.2) - - - 428 (21.2) 428 (21.2) - -
 Undecided - 731 (27.2) 731 (27.2) - - - 499 (24.7) 499 (24.7) - -
 Unsure - 1246 (46.4) 1246 (46.4) - - - 985 (48.7) 985 (48.7) - -
Insurance Status 3.80 - - - <0.001 4.49 - - - <0.001
National Health Insurance - 5898 (43.0) 1240 (46.2) 4658 (42.2) - - 4919 (44.5) 991 (49.0) 3928 (43.5) -
Employee’s Health Insurance - 7291 (53.1) 1232 (45.9) 6059 (54.9) - - 5817 (52.6) 916 (45.3) 4901 (54.3) -
Other - 429 (3.1) 172 (6.4) 257 (2.3) - - 118 (1.1) 38 (1.9) 80 (0.9) -
Uninsured - 112 (0.8) 41 (1.5) 71 (0.6) - - 202 (1.8) 77 (3.8) 125 (1.4) -
Marital Status 3.40 - - - <0.001 4.18 - - - <0.001
Unmarried - 7965 (58.0) 1329 (49.5) 6636 (60.1) - - 7243 (65.5) 1190 (58.9) 6053 (67.0) -
Married - 5765 (42.0) 1356 (50.5) 4409 (39.9) - - 3813 (34.5) 832 (41.1) 2981 (33.0) -
Annual Household Income (JPY) 7.06 - - - <0.001 8.38 - - - <0.001
<5 million - 5390 (39.3) 1089 (40.6) 4301 (38.9) - - 4384 (39.7) 835 (41.3) 3549 (39.3) -
5–10 million - 3584 (26.1) 472 (17.6) 3112 (28.2) - - 2911 (26.3) 352 (17.4) 2559 (28.3) -
>10 million - 1041 (7.6) 122 (4.5) 919 (8.3) - - 822 (7.4) 89 (4.4) 733 (8.1) -
Unknown - 3715 (27.1) 1002 (37.3) 2713 (24.6) - - 2939 (26.6) 746 (36.9) 2193 (24.3) -
Alcohol Consumption 2.20 - - - <0.001 2.31 - - - <0.001
Non-drinker - 8233 (60.0) 1778 (66.2) 6455 (58.4) - - 6571 (59.4) 1334 (66.0) 5237 (58.0) -
Drinker - 5497 (40.0) 907 (33.8) 4590 (41.6) - - 4485 (40.6) 688 (34.0) 3797 (42.0) -
Smoking status 1.42 0.002 1.46 - - - 0.11
No-smokers - 12,474 (90.9) 2398 (89.3) 10,076 (91.2) - - 10,000 (90.4) 1806 (89.3) 8194 (90.7) -
Smokers - 1256 (9.1) 287 (10.7) 969 (8.8) - - 1056 (9.6) 216 (10.7) 840 (9.3) -
Mental health status 2.12 <0.001 - - - - -
No - 11,320 (82.4) 2110 (78.6) 9210 (83.4) - - - - - -
Other 1543 (11.2) 331 (12.3) 1212 (11.0) - - - - - -
Yes - 867 (6.3) 244(9.1) 623 (5.6) - - - - - -