Table 2.
Breast cancer screening practices
| Screening practice | All participants | Target age groupa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | |
| Breast awareness | ||||
| Ever heard of it | 201/264 | (76.1) | ||
| Ever preformed | 154/201 | (76.6) | ||
| Performed as recommended (monthly) | 23/201 | (11.4) | ||
| Clinical breast examination | ||||
| Ever heard of it | 113/264 | (42.8) | 92/214 | (43.0) |
| Ever preformed | 73/113 | (64.6) | 63/92 | (68.5) |
| Performed as recommended (annually) | 4/113 | (3.5) | 3/92 | (3.3) |
| Mammogram | ||||
| Ever heard of it | 225/264 | (85.2) | 126/137 | (92.0) |
| Ever preformed | 168/225 | (74.7) | 102/126 | (81.0) |
| Performed as recommended (biennially) | 123/225 | (54.7) | 83/126 | (65.9) |
aClinical breast examination: 40 years or older; Mammogram: between 50 and 74 years