Table 3.
Area provider characteristics and screening rates across differing levels of Rurality, by county
| |
Rurality |
Mean (Total) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban (ref.) | Micropolitan | Small Rural adjacent to metro | Remote Rural | ||
|
Percent screened |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mammography (females) |
40.09% |
39.07%* |
37.27%* |
36.36%* |
38.52% |
| Colonoscopy |
9.70% |
9.50%* |
9.25%* |
8.78%* |
9.37% |
|
Distance to providers (miles) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mammography |
9.25 |
12.90* |
18.79* |
32.53* |
16.88 |
| Colonoscopy |
7.63 |
10.25* |
13.56* |
23.01* |
12.66 |
|
Average number of providers |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mammography |
28.93 |
6.63* |
2.27* |
1.94* |
14.51 |
| Colonoscopy |
21.71 |
5.80* |
2.64* |
2.49* |
11.42 |
|
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) primary care |
|
|
|
|
|
| Whole or partial county |
866 |
450 |
530 |
550 |
|
| Non-HPSA | 370 | 196 | 127 | 127 | |
*significant difference (p ≤ .05).
Note: Rural differences were compared to the referent (ref.) Urban.