Table 2.
Percentages and 95% CIs of U.S. workers undergoing cancer tests and medical care-seeking by paid sick leave, NHIS, 2008
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Paid Sick Leave |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cancer test |
n |
Has sick leave |
Doesn't have sick leave |
p* |
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| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||
| Mammography |
2,555 |
83.6 |
81.5-85.5 |
75.8 |
72.1-79.2 |
<0.001 |
| Pap Test |
5,218 |
89.9 |
88.7-91.0 |
86.4 |
84.5-88.1 |
<0.001 |
| Endoscopy |
3,224 |
52.7 |
50.1-55.3 |
43.1 |
39.7-46.5 |
<0.001 |
| Home FOBT |
3,208 |
9.2 |
7.8-10.8 |
9.7 |
7.9-11.9 |
0.68 |
| # physician visits |
11,504 |
84.0 |
82.8-85.2 |
72.0 |
70.3-73.7 |
<0.001 |
| in past year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Seen doctor in |
11,533 |
69.1 |
67.6-70.4 |
57.9 |
56.1-59.8 |
<0.001 |
| past year | ||||||
FOBT, fecal occult blood test; CI, confidence interval;
Mammography within past 2 years, women age >39.
Endoscopy for adult workers within past 5 years for flexible sigmoidoscopy or 10 years for colonoscopy.
Home FOBT for adult workers within past year age > 49.
# physician visits and seen doctor in past 12 months for all workers.
p* values are based on an chi square test for association.