Table 2.
Receipt of a Papanicolaou Test Among Women 30 Years and Older by Hysterectomy Status and Sociodemographic Characteristics, National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (2010)a
| Characteristic | Women Who Received a Papanicolaou Test Within the Past 3 Years, No. (% [95% CI]) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting Hysterectomyb | Reporting No Hysterectomy | |
| Total | 1705 (64.8 [62.2–67.3]) | 7160 (80.7 [79.6–81.8]) |
| Age, y | ||
| 30–44 | 97 (87.8 [79.5–93.1]) | 2738 (87.8 [86.1–89.3]) |
| 45–64 | 836 (73.3 [69.8–76.6]) | 2947 (83.8 [82.0–85.4]) |
| ≥65 | 772 (50.8 [46.5–55.0]) | 1475 (58.4 [55.3–61.4]) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 1126 (61.5 [58.4–64.4]) | 4179 (79.7 [78.2–81.1]) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 337 (76.3 [70.3–81.3]) | 1140 (82.2 [79.6–84.5]) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 190 (74.2 [66.9–80.3]) | 1337 (83.0 [80.3–85.4]) |
| Other | 52 (70.9 [54.4–83.3]) | 504 (85.4 [81.5–88.6]) |
| Education | ||
| Less than high school | 318 (56.2 [49.4–62.7]) | 1107 (66.7 [63.0–70.2]) |
| High school graduate or GED | 570 (64.1 [59.3–68.6]) | 1764 (73.0 [70.7–75.3]) |
| Some college | 523 (69.6 [65.0–73.8]) | 2090 (83.0 [81.0–84.8]) |
| College graduate or greater | 291 (66.1 [59.3–72.2]) | 2184 (89.3 [87.8–90.7]) |
| Missing | 3 | 15 |
| Proportion of poverty level, % | ||
| <200 | 832 (57.6 [53.2–61.8]) | 3194 (71.5 [69.6–73.3]) |
| 200 to <400 | 368 (61.0 [55.4–66.4]) | 1456 (79.7 [77.3–81.9]) |
| ≥400 | 505 (75.5 [71.4–79.2]) | 2508 (89.3 [87.8–90.7]) |
| Missing | 0 | 2 |
| Health care coveragec | ||
| Private only | 334 (80.3 [74.7–84.9]) | 1996 (88.6 [86.9–90.1]) |
| Public only | 514 (52.9 [47.7–58.1]) | 1469 (69.3 [66.2–72.3]) |
| Public and private | 710 (63.9 [59.7–67.8]) | 2617 (85.0 [83.4–86.5]) |
| None | 144 (62.5 [52.1–71.9]) | 1064 (64.2 [60.8–67.5]) |
| Missing | 3 | 14 |
| Has a usual source of health care | ||
| Yes | 1625 (65.4 [62.7–67.9]) | 6379 (82.6 [81.5–83.7]) |
| No | 80 (50.8 [36.5–65.0]) | 781 (63.2 [58.8–67.4]) |
Abbreviation: GED, General Education Development.
All women 30 years and older, excluding women who report history of cervical cancer or an abnormal Papanicolaou test result in the past 3 years and women whose last Papanicolaou test was not a routine test. Percentages are weighted estimates. Missing responses are not included in the denominator. All analyses account for the stratification and clustering of data within the complex survey design of the NHIS.
Among women who reported a hysterectomy more than 3 years ago. Cases in which it could not be determined whether the hysterectomy or the Papanicolaou test came first were excluded.
Private insurance includes military insurance; public insurance includes Medicaid, Medicare, State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Indian Health Service (IHS), other public, and other government insurance types; single service plan is considered underinsured and is included with uninsured.