Table 4.
Reason for most recent mammogram (among women who had ever had a mammogram), Great Britain 2005-7. Values are percentage (number) (95% confidence interval) unless stated otherwise
| Reason for most recent mammogram | Age of respondent (years) | All women 53-74 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53-54 | 55-59 | 60-64 | 65-69 | 70-74 | ||
| Routine screening by NHS Breast Screening Programme | 89.3 (156) (83.7 to 93.1) | 87.2 (408) (83.2 to 90.4) | 89.4 (374) (85.6 to 92.2) | 91.1 (330) (87.5 to 93.7) | 81.4 (285) (76.8 to 85.3) | 87.7 (1553) (85.9 to 89.3) |
| NHS screening owing to family history of breast cancer | 1.9 (4) (0.7 to 5.1) | 0.6 (2) (0.1 to 2.2) | 0.7 (3) (0.2 to 2.2) | 1.6 (6) (0.7 to 3.7) | 2.2 (9) (1.0 to 4.8) | 1.3 (24) (0.8 to 1.9) |
| Non-routine referral to NHS | 4.6 (9) (2.2 to 9.2) | 4.4 (20) (2.6 to 7.1) | 3.3 (16) (2.0 to 5.4) | 2.6 (11) (1.4 to 4.9) | 7.4 (24) (4.9 to 11.0) | 4.3 (80) (3.4 to 5.4) |
| Private mammogram | 1.4 (3) (0.4 to 4.7) | 1.5 (6) (0.7 to 3.5) | 1.7 (9) (0.8 to 3.7) | 1.1 (3) (0.3 to 3.3) | 1.6 (5) (0.6 to 4.1) | 1.5 (26) (1.0 to 2.3) |
| Follow-up after treatment for breast cancer | 1.4 (3) (0.4 to 4.7) | 5.7 (20) (3.6 to 8.9) | 3.5 (14) (2.0 to 5.9) | 3.5 (15) (2.0 to 6.0) | 1.3 (5) (0.5 to 3.2) | 3.5 (57) (2.6 to 4.6) |
| Other | 1.2 (3) (0.4 to 3.8) | 0.4 (3) (0.1 to 1.3) | 0.3 (2) (0 to 1.4) | 0.2 (1) (0 to 1.2) | 3.1 (13) (1.7 to 5.6) | 0.9 (22) (0.6 to 1.4) |
| Do not know | 0.3 (1) (0 to 1.9) | 0.2 (2) (0 to 1.0) | 1.1 (3) (0.3 to 3.6) | 0.0 (0) | 3.0 (10) (1.5 to 5.8) | 0.9 (16) (0.5 to 1.6) |
| No who had ever had a mammogram | 179 | 461 | 421 | 366 | 351 | 1778 |
Numbers refer to number of women in unweighted sample.