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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2013 May;103(5):309–312. doi: 10.7196/samj.6686

Table 4.

Variation in screening rates between Gauteng and the other provinces

Ratio by which province is lower (higher) than Gauteng
Province Cholesterol Glucose HIV Prostate Pap smear Mammogram Colorectal cancer Osteoporosis
Eastern Cape 0.78 0.80 0.57 0.90 0.78 0.71 (1.17) 0.73
Free State 0.62 0.66 0.41 0.86 0.67 0.95 0.67 0.73
KwaZulu-Natal 0.84 0.89 0.80 0.72 0.75 0.78 0.50 0.62
Limpopo 0.72 0.70 0.86 0.78 0.55 0.55 0.33 0.76
Mpumalanga 0.68 1.00 0.52 0.86 0.67 0.74 0.50 0.82
North West 0.65 0.69 0.46 0.78 0.65 0.76 0.50 0.67
Northern Cape 0.49 0.59 0.38 0.68 0.58 0.60 0.67 0.28
Western Cape 0.93 0.90 0.77 0.90 (1.03) 0.95 1.00 0.68