Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Non-Pregnant U.S. Women Ages 40–74 Years: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

	2006 N = 134,795* %		2008 N = 165,273* %		2010 N = 184,228* %		All years N = 484,296* %
Age	40–49	50–74	40–49	50–74	40–49	50–74	40–49	50–74
	37.2	62.8	35.8	64.2	36.0	64.0	36.3	63.7
Mammogram utilization
Ever had a mammogram	83.8	94.8	83.1	94.1	83.0	94.4	83.3	94.4
Mammogram in prior year	51.8	64.3	53.2	65.2	51.7	62.4	52.2	63.9
Care utilization
Checkup in prior year	68.2	77.2	70.8	78.9	69.6	78.3	69.6	78.2
Pap test in prior year	62.3	53.2	62.3	52.2	60.1	47.8	61.6	50.9
Access to care†
Low access	6.6	3.3	6.3	3.5	6.7	3.6	6.5	3.4
Medium access	15.5	11.5	15.0	11.3	15.7	10.9	15.4	11.2
High access	77.9	85.3	78.8	85.3	77.6	85.6	78.1	85.4
Foregone care due to cost in prior year	16.7	11.5	17.6	12.6	19.5	13.3	17.9	12.5
Education
Less than high school	9.3	11.0	8.3	9.8	8.5	9.0	8.7	9.9
High school	26.4	31.9	25.3	31.4	23.4	29.4	25.0	30.9
Some college	27.9	26.8	28.3	27.0	26.1	27.9	27.4	27.2
College degree or higher	36.4	30.3	38.1	31.7	42.1	33.7	38.9	32.0
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	69.7	76.4	69.1	74.8	67.7	75.3	68.8	75.5
Non-Hispanic Black	11.0	9.0	10.6	10.1	11.2	10.2	10.9	9.8
Non-Hispanic other race	4.4	3.5	4.8	3.9	4.9	3.4	4.7	3.6
Hispanic	12.9	8.7	13.5	8.9	13.8	8.4	13.4	8.7
Multiple races reported‡	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4
Health status
Fair or poor	14.4	22.2	15.2	21.8	15.1	21.7	14.9	21.9
Excellent, very good, or good	85.6	77.8	84.8	78.2	84.9	78.3	85.1	78.1

*Annual and total sample sizes shown are not weighted. All other data shown are weighted

^†Access to care is defined as follows: Low: No health insurance and no regular source of care. Medium: Either health insurance or regular source of care. High: Health insurance and a regular source of care

^‡This variable represents non-Hispanic women who reported multiple races