Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population, women aged 60 years and older in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999–2000
| Buenos Aires
n = 603 |
Bridgetown
n = 993 |
Sao Paulo
n = 1167 |
Santiago
n = 777 |
Havana
n = 1143 |
Mexico City
n = 690 |
Montevideo
n = 834 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of mammography use, n (%) | 166 (27.5) | 184 (18.5) | 401 (34.4) | 155 (20.0) | 112 (9.8) | 91 (13.2) | 226 (27.1) |
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 71.4 ± 7.4 | 72.2 ± 8.3 | 72.8 ± 8.4 | 72.1 ± 8.3 | 72.7 ± 9.0 | 69.9 ± 7.7 | 71.1 ± 7.7 |
| Married, n (% ) | 181 (30.0) | 340 (34.2) | 435 (37.3) | 227 (29.2) | 248 (21.7) | 271 (39.3) | 302 (36.2) |
| Education (years), mean ± SD | 5.8 ± 3.7 | 6.7 ± 3.4 | 3.9 ± 3.0 | 6.0 ± 5.4 | 6.7 ± 3.9 | 4.1 ± 4.0 | 6.3 ± 4.5 |
| Health insurance, n (%) | |||||||
| Private | 55 (9.1) | 91 (9.2) | 422 (36.1) | 34 (4.4) | – | 19 (2.7) | 558 (66.9) |
| Public or military | 458 (76.0) | 42 (4.2) | 714 (61.2) | 665 (85.6) | – | 480 (69.6) | 264 (31.7) |
| None | 90 (14.9) | 860 (86.6) | 31 (2.7) | 78 (10.0) | – | 191 (27.7) | 12 (1.4) |
| Number of medical conditions, mean ± SD | 1.5 ± 1.0 | 1.5 ± 1.1 | 1.5 ± 1.1 | 1.5 ± 1.1 | 1.7 ± 1.2 | 1.2 ± 1.0 | 1.4 ± 1.1 |
| Number of IADL difficulties, mean ± SD | 0.5 ± 1.0 | 0.5 ± 1.1 | 1.1 ± 1.7 | 1.0 ± 1.8 | 0.9 ± 1.7 | 0.9 ± 1.6 | 0.4 ± 1.0 |
Medical conditions include arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, heart attack, and stroke; SD = standard deviation; IADL = instrumental activities of daily living.