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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2015 Mar 10;26(5):713–719. doi: 10.1007/s10552-015-0542-3

Table 4.

Rates of cervical precancer and cancer among women receiving their first Pap test in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, by screening history, 2002–2012

Totala Screening history Difference
(NR–P5Y %)

NR P5Y
Rate of CIN3 or worseb
per 1,000 women
6.9 3.7 3.2*
Age group (years)
18–20 3.7 12.9 −9.2*
21–29 8.7 13.5 −4.8*
30–39 10.7 8.3 2.4*
40–49 7.4 3.7 3.6*
50–59 5.9 2.4 3.5*
60–64 6.0 2.3 3.7*
≥65 7.4 4.7 2.6*
Race/ethnicitya
White 8.6 4.8 3.9*
African-American 5.3 3.3 2.0*
Asian/Pacific Islander 5.5 2.4 3.1*
American Indian/Alaska Native 4.4 2.7 1.7
Multiracial/unknown 4.7 3.8 0.9
Hispanic 5.4 2.9 2.5*
Rural–urbana
Metro 6.4 3.4 3.0*
Urban 8.2 4.6 3.6*
Rural 7.9 4.2 3.6*
Unknown 6.3 2.9 3.3*
Regiona
Territory 6.2 2.7 3.5
Northeast 5.8 3.0 2.9*
Midwest 8.7 5.0 3.7*
South 7.3 4.0 3.3*
West 6.4 3.3 3.1*

CIN cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, NR never or rarely (not screened within 5 years) screened, P5Y screened within last 5 years

*

p values significantly different at <0.05 from separate nested logistic models of CIN3 or worse, with age, race/ethnicity, residence, or region associated with screening history

a

Percentages age-adjusted to the 2000 National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program

b

CIN3 or worse includes CIN3, carcinoma in situ, adenocarcinoma in situ, and invasive cervical cancer