Table 2.

Breast and cervical cancer screening practices among Asian physicians

	n	%	95% Conf. interval
Teach patients to do self breast exam (N = 100)	94	94	86.9–97.5
Perform clinical breast exams (N = 94)	82	87	78.4–92.9
Order mammograms for patients (N = 92)	88	96	88.6–98.6
Chinese (N = 44) and Korean (N = 9)	53	100
Indian (N = 24), Pakistani (N = 8), and Bangladeshi (N = 7)	35	90
Recommended interval for screening mammograms (N = 86)
Annual	58	68	56.4–76.9
Every two years	24	28	19.0–38.8
Recommended age to start screening mammograms (N = 89)
Age 35 years or older	13	15	8.3–24.1
Age 40 years or older	60	70	56.6–76.8
Age 50 years or older	14	16	9.2–25.3
Criteria used to determine when to begin Pap smears (N = 98)
When patient is 18 years or older	54	54	44.8–65.1
When patient is sexually active	73	73	64.5–82.5
Use both of above starting criteria	29	29	21.0–39.8