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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Radiol. 2014 Jun 2;11(9):874–882. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.03.022

Table 5.

Travel time to the nearest area with breast imaging services by modality for U.S. women by age categories.

Total Population U.S. Women Age 30+ Travel Time to Nearest Breast Imaging Modality
% U.S. Female Population in Age Group

Median (IQR) minutes <= 10 minutes >10 - 20 minutes >20 - 30 minutes > 30 minutes
Mammography
 Age 30-39 19,950,680 7 (4-12) 69.1 20.0 6.7 4.2
 Age 40-49 22,234,930 7 (4-13) 66.1 21.4 7.6 4.9
 Age 50-59 20,552,475 7 (4-14) 65.9 20.8 7.8 5.5
 Age 60-69 14,074,681 7 (4-14) 64.8 20.8 8.2 6.2
 Age 70-79 9,022,885 7 (4-13) 67.8 18.8 7.6 5.9
 Age 80+ 6,953,258 6 (3-11) 73.2 15.7 6.3 4.8

Ultrasound
 Age 30-39 19,950,680 7 (4-13) 67.6 20.6 7.1 4.7
 Age 40-49 22,234,930 7 (4-14) 64.6 21.9 8.0 5.4
 Age 50-59 20,552,475 7 (4-14) 64.5 21.2 8.2 6.1
 Age 60-69 14,074,681 7 (4-15) 63.5 21.1 8.6 6.8
 Age 70-79 9,022,885 7 (4-14) 66.5 19.0 7.8 6.6
 Age 80+ 6,953,258 6 (4-12) 71.9 16.1 6.6 5.4

MRI
 Age 30-39 19,950,680 6 (10-21) 50.8 23.0 9.0 17.2
 Age 40-49 22,234,930 10 (5-23) 47.7 23.8 9.6 18.8
 Age 50-59 20,552,475 11 (6-25) 47.6 22.6 9.4 20.3
 Age 60-69 14,074,681 11 (6-27) 46.6 21.6 9.4 22.3
 Age 70-79 9,022,885 11 (6-27) 48.8 20.1 8.7 22.4
 Age 80+ 6,953,258 10 (5-25) 53.3 18.0 7.8 20.8