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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Screen. 2015 Jun 15;23(1):24–30. doi: 10.1177/0969141315591616

Table 3.

Advanced Breast Imaging and Image-Guided Biopsy Availability by Vulnerable Indices

Facility Vulnerability Indicators Ultrasound MRI Ultrasound
Guided Biopsy
MR Guided
Biopsy
Stereotactic
Guided Biopsy
Education: at least 15.8% of adults educated below high school graduation (census)
  Vulnerable 12 (75%) 6 (37.5%) 10 (62.5%) 6 (37.5%) 6 (37.5%)
  Not Vulnerable 43 (75.4%) 24 (43.6%) 31 (55.4%) 15 (26.8%) 22 (39.3%)
Race/ethnicity: at least 34.5% self-reporting minority status
  Vulnerable 10 (76.9%) 7 (53.8%) 9 (69.2%) 7 (53.8%) 7 (53.8%)
  Not Vulnerable 45 (75%) 23 (39.7%) 32 (54.2%) 14 (23.7%) 21 (35.6%)
Rurality: at least 68.1% rural residents
  Vulnerable 19 (95%) 3 (15%) 14 (70%) 3 (15%) 7 (35%)
  Not Vulnerable 36 (67.9%) 27 (50.9%) 27 (50.9%) 18 (34%) 21 (39.6%)
Income: Average median income below $52,517
  Vulnerable 19 (90.5%) 6 (28.6%) 14 (66.7%) 5 (23.8%) 8 (38.1%)
  Not Vulnerable 36 (69.2%) 24 (46.2%) 27 (51.9%) 16 (30.8%) 20 (38.5%)

At least one vulnerability indicator
  Vulnerable 30 (88.2%) 11 (32.4%) 24 (70.6%) 10 (29.4%) 14 (41.2%)
  Not Vulnerable 25 (64.1%) 19 (48.7%) 17 (43.6%) 11 (28.2%) 14 (35.9%)

Note: Facilities missing imaging availability information: 2 for MRI, 1 for all modalities of guided biopsy. Percentages shown are calculated in rows for each modality.