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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 19.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2012 May 22;24(3):539–547. doi: 10.1007/s10552-012-9991-0

Table 1. Individual-Level Sample Characteristics and Percent Receiving Mammogram in Past Two Years Among Women Participating in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) II, Ages 40-60 Years (N=85,756).

Number of Observations in NHSII Ages 40-60 Years % (of Observations) Percent Receiving Mammogram in Past Two Years at Ages 40-60 Years (of Observations)


Total # Obs. = 360,171
Sexual Orientation
 Heterosexual 98.8 (355831) 83.6% (297446)
 Bisexual 0.4 (1314) 79.2% (1040)
 Lesbian 0.8 (3026) 82.2% (2486)
Age Group (years)
 40-44 46.1(165929) 77.6% (128705)
 45-49 33.0(118726) 86.9% (103115)
 50-54 16.6(59860) 91.4% (54691)
 55-60 4.4(15656) 92.4% (14461)
Ethnicity
 African-American 1.5 (5145) 83.4% (4291)
 Asian-American 1.5 (5263) 79.3% (4172)
 Latina 1.3 (4615) 78.7% (3634)
 White (non-Latina) 94.1 (334519) 83.7% (279922)
 Other 1.7 (6056) 83.8% (5073)
 Missing 1.3 (4573) 84.9% (3880)
Income
 <50k 16.3 (45204) 79.9% (36126)
 50-75k 27.5 (76210) 83.3% (63452)
 75-100k 20.8 (57823) 84.5% (48853)
 100k+ 35.5 (98427) 86.6% (85238)
 Missing 22.9 (82507) 81.6% (67303)