Table 1.

Baseline characteristics (socio-demographic, lifestyle/health factors, and screening behavior other than mammography) in 50–69 year-old women: Swiss Health Survey 2012^a

		German region	French region
Women, n		1938	831
Age, mean		58.5	59.1
		%	%
Educational level	High	19.4	24.9
	Middle	66.5	56.1
	Low	14.1	19.0
Nationality	Swiss	89.9	84.7
	Non-Swiss	10.1	15.3
Place of residence	Urban	71.1	74.5
	Rural	28.9	25.5
Marital status	married/registered partnership	66.0	59.4
	Single, divorced/dissolved partnership, separated, widowed	34.0	40.6
BMI	Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2)	3.6	4.0
	Normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2)	55.8	58.1
	Overweight (BMI 25–29.9 kg/m2)	27.5	27.8
	Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)	13.1	10.2
Smoking status	Never smoker	50.9	44.1
	Ex-smoker	25.7	30.5
	Current smoker	23.4	25.4
Alcohol	Never	27.6	33.6
	<20 g ethanol per day	68.5	60.0
	≥20 g ethanol per day	4.0	6.4
Physical activity	≥150 min. per week	76.2	60.3
	<150 min. per week	23.7	39.7
Attention to diet	Yes	86.6	64.8
	No	13.4	35.2
Self-perceived health	Good, very good	81.1	71.4
	Fair, poor, very poor	18.9	28.6
Chronic diseaseb	No	57.0	59.5
	Yes	43.0	40.5
Psychological distress	Low	82.8	73.3
	Moderate	12.0	18.3
	High	4.9	8.4
Visits to a physician within the recent year	no	16.5	10.7
	1 to 5 times	62.8	66.4
	6 to 10 times	12.6	13.9
	>10 times	7.8	9.1
Cervical cancer screening	Yes	90.8	78.3
	No	9.2	21.7
Colorectal cancer screening	Yes	36.0	35.9
	No	64.0	64.1

^a all proportions are weighted according the Swiss general population, except n

^b self-reported ongoing diseases or health problems lasting for at least 6 months or expected to last further 6 months