Table 1.
Screening history by age group of respondent, Great Britain 2005-7
| Age of respondent (years) | No of women in sample | Ever had mammogram* | Ever had cervical smear† | Ever had both mammogram and cervical smear | Ever had either mammogram or cervical smear, not both | Never had either mammogram or cervical smear | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | No | ||||||
| 40-44 | 564 | NA | 94.6 (91.9 to 96.4) | 534 | NA | NA | NA | ||||||||
| 45-49 | 475 | NA | 95.7 (93.2 to 97.3) | 452 | NA | NA | NA | ||||||||
| 50-54 | 423 | 91.7‡ (86.6 to 95.0) | 179‡ | 92.3 (88.8 to 94.8) | 391 | 86.7‡ (81.0 to 90.8) | 167‡ | 11.2‡ (7.4 to 16.5) | 27‡ | 2.2‡ (0.8 to 5.8) | 4‡ | ||||
| 55-59 | 490 | 94.7 (92.2 to 96.4) | 461 | 93.1 (90.4 to 95.2) | 452 | 89.0 (85.5 to 91.7) | 431 | 9.9 (7.4 to 13.2) | 51 | 1.1 (0.5 to 2.6) | 8 | ||||
| 60-64 | 450 | 92.8 (89.5 to 95.1) | 421 | 91.8 (88.6 to 94.2) | 411 | 85.5 (81.4 to 88.8) | 386 | 13.6 (10.3 to 17.7) | 60 | 0.9 (0.3 to 2.6) | 4 | ||||
| 65-69 | 391 | 93.5 (90.2 to 95.7) | 366 | 83.9 (79.1 to 87.7) | 330 | 81.9 (77.0 to 86.0) | 320 | 13.5 (10.2 to 17.6) | 56 | 4.6 (2.7 to 7.9) | 15 | ||||
| 70-74 | 390 | 90.6 (87.3 to 93.1) | 351 | 81.3 (77.2 to 84.8) | 314 | 77.1 (72.5 to 81.1) | 296 | 17.6 (13.9 to 22.1) | 73 | 5.2 (3.4 to 8.1) | 21 | ||||
| All | 3183 (age 40-74); 1919 (age 53-74) | 92.9 (91.5 to 94.1) | 1778 (age 53-74) | 91.3 (90.1 to 92.3) | 2884 (age 40-74) | 84.3 (82.4 to 86.1) | 1600 (age 53-74) | 13.1 (11.4 to 14.9) | 267 (age 53-74) | 2.6 (2.0 to 3.6) | 52 (age 53-74) | ||||
No refers to number of women in unweighted sample.
NA=not applicable.
*Women aged 53 and above should have had at least one mammogram, as women are currently first invited aged 50-52.
†Women aged 40 and above should have had at least one cervical smear, as women are first invited in their 20s.
‡Ages 53-54 only.