Table 3.
Recenta Mammography Screening Among U.S. Women Aged 65 Years and Older With No History of Breast or Colorectal Cancer, by Age Group, Health Information National Trend Survey, 2003b
| Characteristic | Age group 65-74 years | Age group ≥75 years | ||
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| Total Sample Size | Pop. Est., % (95% CI) | Total Sample Size | Pop. Est., % (95% CI) | |
| Total | 367 | 83.0 (77.7-87.3) | 302 | 72.8 (66.0-78.7) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 298 | 83.1 (77.2-87.7) | 265 | 72.5 (65.6-78.5) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 38 | 94.2 (78.9-98.6) | 21c | 84.5 (54.2-96.2) |
| Hispanic | 31c | 66.4 (37.0-87.0) | 16c | 58.6 (24.1-86.3) |
| Household income | ||||
| <$15,000 | 52 | 55.9 (35.3-74.6) | 66 | 63.9 (47.5-77.6) |
| $15,000-<$25,000 | 95 | 81.8 (70.0-89.6) | 82 | 73.8 (61.1-83.4) |
| ≥$25,000 | 151 | 93.7 (88.6-96.7) | 90 | 74.8 (62.4-84.1) |
| Ref/NA/DK/missing | 69 | 81.5 (67.5-90.3) | 64 | 78.5 (61.9-89.2) |
| Education | ||||
| <High school graduate | 59 | 72.2 (55.0-84.6) | 68 | 69.6 (54.8-81.2) |
| High school graduate | 141 | 87.0 (80.1-91.8) | 99 | 70.3 (58.3-80.0) |
| Some college | 91 | 85.8 (76.3-91.9) | 78 | 79.0 (69.2-86.3) |
| College graduate | 76 | 86.0 (73.0-93.3) | 55 | 78.2 (60.8-89.2) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married/unmarried couple | 165 | 88.4 (79.7-93.6) | 66 | 79.8 (65.7-89.1) |
| Divorced/separated | 63 | 67.9 (45.6-84.2) | 19c | 66.8 (21.5-93.6) |
| Widowed | 126 | 79.7 (69.4-87.1) | 206 | 69.9 (61.1-77.4) |
| Never married | 12c | 71.2 (21.4-95.7) | 10c | 70.2 (16.2-96.6) |
| Family history of cancer | ||||
| Yes | 258 | 85.3 (79.6-89.7) | 194 | 74.5 (65.8-81.6) |
| No | 105 | 75.9 (61.7-86.0) | 107 | 70.5 (57.3-80.9) |
| Self-rated health status | ||||
| Excellent/very good | 155 | 82.4 (74.2-88.4) | 125 | 73.7 (61.0-83.4) |
| Good | 121 | 85.8 (75.0-92.4) | 101 | 74.7 (65.2-82.2) |
| Fair/poor | 90 | 79.7 (67.1-88.3) | 76 | 69.4 (54.7-81.0) |
| Usual health provider | ||||
| Yes | 314 | 85.1 (78.7-89.9) | 258 | 74.5 (66.7-80.9) |
| No | 51 | 69.1 (50.7-82.9) | 43 | 61.4 (41.6-78.1) |
| Provider visits in previous year | ||||
| ≤1 | 72 | 79.3 (65.5-88.6) | 44 | 49.4 (30.6-68.3) |
| 2-4 | 162 | 79.8 (70.4-86.8) | 138 | 75.2 (66.2-82.4) |
| ≥5 | 132 | 88.9 (81.2-93.6) | 112 | 78.3 (66.4-86.8) |
CI indicates confidence interval; ref, refused; NA, not available; DK, don't know.
a
In the previous 2 years.
b
Totals exclude records with missing data.
c
Numbers are too small for precise estimates.