Table 2.
Proportion of Women with a Physician Visit and with a Mammogram by Income and Immigration* and Rate Ratios (with 95% Confidence Intervals) in Inner City Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2000
| Visit to Any Physician | Having a Mammogram | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood Category | Proportion | Rate Ratio†(95% CI) | Proportion | Rate Ratio†(95% CI) | |
| Least advantaged | Low-income High-immigration | 0.80 | 0.99 (0.97 to 1.01) | 0.21 | 0.79 (0.75 to 0.84) |
| Low-income Low-immigration | 0.80 | 0.99 (0.96 to 1.01) | 0.23 | 0.86 (0.81 to 0.92) | |
| High-income High-immigration | 0.78 | 0.96 (0.91 to 1.00) | 0.24 | 0.87 (0.80 to 0.93) | |
| Most advantaged | High-income Low-immigration | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.27 | 1.00 |
| Total study area | 0.80 | — | 0.24 | — | |
Immigration within the previous 5-year period.
Rate ratio defined as the proportion of women with a physician visit or mammogram in a group/proportion of women with a physician visit in the most advantaged group. CI, confidence interval.