Table 1.

Socio-demographic variables; comparisons of First PNAs and Subsequent PNAs with respective controls.

	First PNA		First Control		P	Subsequent PNA		Subsequent Control		P
	N	%	N	%		N	%	N	%
Age group
50-54	176	49.4	251	50.4	0.466	16	4.2	26	4.8	0.885
55-59	106	29.8	131	26.3		194	51.2	277	51.6
60+	74	20.8	116	23.3		169	44.6	234	43.6
GMS card	122	34.1	146	29.5	0.155	124	32.7	154	28.6	0.184
Private insurance	202	57.7	319	64.8	0.036*	219	59.7	344	65.0	0.103
Third level education	118	33.2	118	23.6	0.002**	105	28.0	147	27.4	0.835
Area of residence
Rural	131	37.3	255	51.4	<0.001**	146	38.9	196	36.4	0.009**
Town	111	31.6	142	28.6		137	36.5	161	29.9
City	109	31.1	99	20.0		92	24.5	181	33.6
Family history of breast cancer	88	24.8	154	31.3	0.038*	100	26.5	162	30.5	0.192
Family history of cancer	220	63.2	360	72.7	0.003**	267	70.8	378	70.9	0.975

First PNA: failed to attend BreastCheck appointment in 2007/08; attended in 2010; First Control: attended first invited appointment with BreastCheck in 2010; Subsequent PNA: attended BreastCheck appointment in 2006 or earlier, failed to attend in 2007/08; attended in 2010; Subsequent Control: attended all BreastCheck appointments from 2000-2010.

^*P<0.05;

^**P<0.01.