Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of women screened after invitation and women undergoing routine or sporadic opportunistic testing
| Variables | Screened after invitation1 | Routine opportunistic testing2 | Sporadic opportunistic testing3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 514,833 | n = 149,778 | n = 58,590 | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 23–28 | 104,488 | 20.3 | 36,357 | 24.3 | 10,417 | 17.8 |
| 29–34 | 93,912 | 18.2 | 36,896 | 24.6 | 13,004 | 22.2 |
| 35–42 | 158,989 | 30.9 | 44,098 | 29.4 | 18,280 | 31.2 |
| 43–49 | 157,444 | 30.6 | 32,427 | 21.7 | 16,889 | 28.8 |
| Residential region | ||||||
| North Denmark | 40,778 | 7.9 | 16,649 | 11.1 | 6,658 | 11.4 |
| Central Denmark | 113,977 | 22.1 | 33,259 | 22.2 | 12,088 | 20.6 |
| Region of Southern Denmark | 109,159 | 21.2 | 25,485 | 17.0 | 9,647 | 16.5 |
| Capital Region of Denmark | 167,310 | 32.5 | 50,859 | 34.0 | 23,016 | 39.3 |
| Region Sealand | 72,537 | 14.1 | 18,076 | 12.1 | 5,174 | 8.8 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Danish | 464,711 | 90.3 | 129,550 | 86.5 | 52,621 | 89.8 |
| Western immigrants | 18,739 | 3.6 | 8,032 | 5.4 | 1,887 | 3.2 |
| Non-western immigrants | 19,910 | 3.9 | 6,585 | 4.4 | 2,011 | 3.4 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 125,215 | 24.3 | 44,120 | 29.5 | 16,965 | 29.0 |
| Married/registered partnership | 260,265 | 50.6 | 65,625 | 43.8 | 27,702 | 47.3 |
| Cohabitating | 100,092 | 19.4 | 34,782 | 23.2 | 12,347 | 21.1 |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Employed | 383,011 | 74.4 | 102,797 | 68.6 | 42,606 | 72.7 |
| Self-employed/chief executive | 23,786 | 4.6 | 6,736 | 4.5 | 3,047 | 5.2 |
| Unemployed/benefits4 | 41,633 | 8.1 | 14,547 | 9.7 | 5,607 | 9.6 |
| Retired | 2 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Social welfare recipients | 15,902 | 3.1 | 8,047 | 5.4 | 2,307 | 3.9 |
| Other | 33,283 | 6.5 | 10,825 | 7.2 | 2,714 | 4.6 |
| Education (years) | ||||||
| ≤10 | 89,436 | 17.4 | 28,750 | 19.2 | 10,278 | 17.5 |
| 11–15 | 213,607 | 41.5 | 54,818 | 36.6 | 22,267 | 38.0 |
| >15 | 184,185 | 35.8 | 53,984 | 36.0 | 22,845 | 39.0 |
Numbers and proportion vary because of missing data.
1) Cervical cytology obtained within 270 days after latest invitation.
2) Cervical cytology obtained between 271 days to 3 years after latest invitation or 2.5 to 3 years after latest cervical cytology.
3) Cervical cytology obtained less than 2.5 years after latest cervical cytology.
4) State benefits in relation to sickness, education, leave benefits, disability pension, and student grants