Table 2: Participants appropriately screened for cervical cancer by level of disability and sociodemographic characteristics (n = 22 824).
| Characteristic | No. screened/no. in group (%) |
p value* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No disability n = 15 224 |
Yes disability n = 7 600 |
Moderate disability n = 4 242 |
Severe disability n = 3 358 |
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|
Age, yr |
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| ≤ 29 |
1 951/2 945 |
(66.2) |
576/892 |
(64.6) |
392/567 |
(69.1) |
184/325 |
(56.6) |
0.363 |
| 30–39 |
2 854/4 106 |
(69.5) |
751/1 166 |
(64.4) |
492/734 |
(67.0) |
259/432 |
(60.0) |
< 0.001 |
| 40–49 |
2 002/3 029 |
(66.1) |
903/1 492 |
(60.5) |
559/874 |
(64.0) |
344/618 |
(55.7) |
< 0.001 |
| 50–59 |
1 599/2 748 |
(58.2) |
1 056/2 000 |
(52.8) |
580/1 031 |
(56.3) |
476/969 |
(49.1) |
< 0.001 |
| 60–69 |
1 143/2 396 |
(47.7) |
787/2 050 |
(38.4) |
448/1 036 |
(43.2) |
339/1 014 |
(33.4) |
< 0.001 |
|
Country of birth |
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| Canada |
7 507/11 899 |
(63.1) |
3 326/6 222 |
(53.5) |
1 999/3 408 |
(58.7) |
1 327/2 814 |
(47.2) |
< 0.001 |
| Other |
1 827/2 967 |
(61.6) |
681/1 253 |
(54.3) |
433/756 |
(57.3) |
248/497 |
(50.0) |
< 0.001 |
|
Education |
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| Less than secondary |
621/1 369 |
(45.4) |
454/1 201 |
(37.8) |
239/549 |
(43.5) |
215/652 |
(33.0) |
0.232 |
| Secondary/some postsecondary |
2 256/3 788 |
(59.6) |
1 004/1 935 |
(51.9) |
579/1 063 |
(54.5) |
425/872 |
(48.7) |
0.001 |
| Postsecondary |
6 653/10 028 |
(66.3) |
2 602/4 438 |
(58.6) |
1 647/2 620 |
(62.9) |
955/1 818 |
(52.5) |
< 0.001 |
|
Household income, $ |
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| < 30 000 |
1 127/2 170 |
(51.9) |
843/1 993 |
(42.3) |
411/879 |
(46.8) |
432/1 114 |
(38.8) |
< 0.001 |
| 30 000–59 999 |
2 368/4 056 |
(58.4) |
1 098/2 129 |
(51.6) |
670/1 171 |
(57.2) |
428/958 |
(44.7) |
< 0.001 |
| 60 000–99 999 |
2 837/4 288 |
(66.2) |
1 076/1 731 |
(62.2) |
706/1 104 |
(63.9) |
370/627 |
(59.0) |
0.003 |
| ≥ 100 000 |
2 583/3 569 |
(72.4) |
772/1 149 |
(67.2) |
520/761 |
(68.3) |
252/388 |
(64.9) |
0.001 |
|
Marital status |
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| Married/common law |
6 374/9 756 |
(65.3) |
2 444/4 339 |
(56.3) |
1 542/2 544 |
(60.6) |
902/1 795 |
(50.3) |
< 0.001 |
| Widowed/single |
2 216/3 821 |
(58.0) |
1 029/2 036 |
(50.5) |
619/1 110 |
(55.8) |
410/926 |
(44.3) |
< 0.001 |
| Separated/divorced |
956/1 643 |
(58.2) |
598/1 222 |
(48.9) |
309/587 |
(52.6) |
289/635 |
(45.5) |
< 0.001 |
|
Chronic conditions |
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| 0 |
6 948/10 744 |
(64.5) |
1 561/2 502 |
(62.4) |
1 091/1 682 |
(64.9) |
470/820 |
(57.3) |
0.049 |
| 1 |
1 922/3 178 |
(60.5) |
1 327/2 350 |
(56.5) |
815/1 368 |
(59.6) |
512/982 |
(52.1) |
0.003 |
| > 2 |
679/1 272 |
(53.4) |
1 185/2 748 |
(43.1) |
565/1 192 |
(47.4) |
620/1 556 |
(39.8) |
< 0.001 |
|
Rurality index |
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| 0–9 (large urban) |
5 597/8 377 |
(66.8) |
2 223/3 878 |
(57.3) |
1 363/2 200 |
(62.0) |
860/1 678 |
(51.3) |
< 0.001 |
| 10–44 (small urban) |
2 997/5 001 |
(59.9) |
1 464/2 771 |
(52.8) |
874/1 513 |
(57.8) |
590/1 258 |
(46.9) |
< 0.001 |
| > 45 (rural) | 780/1 674 | (46.6) | 346/862 | (40.1) | 206/467 | (44.1) | 140/395 | (35.4) | < 0.001 |
*p values represent comparison between “no disability” and “yes disability.”