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. 2017 Dec 18;12(12):e0187873. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187873

Table 5. Age range, municipality, length of imprisonment, and Papanicolaou Test uptake in prison among 510 women in Mato Grosso do Sul between 2015 and 2016.

Variable Papanicolaou Test in the prison establishment
P value
Yes No
Age Range (years old)
    18 to 24 55 (34.8) 103 (65.2) <0.01
    25 to 34 113 (54.6) 94 (45.4)
    35 to 44 56 (57.1) 42 (42.9)
    45 to 54 21 (70.0) 9 (30.0)
    55 to 64 10 (71.4) 4 (28.6)
    65 years old or over 0 (0.0) 3 (100.0)
Municipality
    Rio Brilhante 42 (91.3) 4 (8.7) <0.01
    São Gabriel do Oeste 20 (83.3) 4 (16.7)
    Jateí 24 (60.0) 16 (40.0)
    Campo Grande 81 (51.3) 77 (48.7)
    TrêsLagoas 38 (50.0) 38 (50.0)
    Corumbá 32 (36.0) 57 (64.0)
    Ponta Porã 18 (23.4) 59 (76.6)
Length of imprisonment (month)
    0 to 1 6 (13.6) 38 (86.0) <0.01
    2 to 12 88 (35.1) 163 (64.9)
    13 to 24 78 (72.9) 29 (27.1)
    25 to 36 46 (71.9) 18 (28.1)
    37 months or over 37 (84.1) 7 (15.9)

The results are presented in relative frequency (absolute frequency). P value in the chi-squared test. (chi-squared test, p<0.05, with the Bonferroni correction).