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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2016 Apr;54(4):394–399. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000495

TABLE 2.

Proportion of Female Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65–74 Years Reporting Having Received a Mammogram Within the Prior 2 Years, by Sociodemographic, Health and Health Care Access Factors, and Survey Year (Weighted Percentages)

2010 2013


n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) Δ (95% CI)
Total 1300 71.2 (68.0–74.2) 2090 74.7 (72.3–77.0) 3.5 (−0.3 to 7.2)
Age (y) P = 0.7565 P = 0.0270
 65–69 691 70.8 (66.3–75.0) 1160 76.9 (73.8–79.8) 6.1 (0.9–11.3)
 70–74 609 71.7 (67.7–75.3) 930 71.8 (68.1–75.2) 0.1 (−4.9 to 5.1)
Race P = 0.3480 P = 0.7594
 White 1015 71.9 (68.4–75.2) 1649 74.8 (72.0–77.4) 2.9 (−1.2 to 7.0)
 Black 216 69.0 (61.9–75.4) 319 73.8 (67.5–79.3) 4.8 (−4.0 to 13.6)
 Asian 58 60.1 (46.2–72.5) 97 73.3 (61.0–82.8) 13.2 (−6.1 to 32.5)
 AIAN 9 * 24 * *
Ethnicity P = 0.2766 P = 0.6034
 Hispanic 164 75.5 (66.4–82.8) 230 73.1 (66.7–78.7) −2.4 (−12.8 to 7.9)
 Non-Hispanic 1136 70.9 (67.5–74.0) 1860 74.8 (72.2–77.3) 4.0 (0.0 to 8.0)
Foreign-born status P = 0.6951 P = 0.6799
 Born in US 1093 71.4 (68.0–74.6) 1770 74.9 (72.2–77.4) 3.5 (−0.5 to 7.5)
 Foreign-born 207 69.8 (61.9–76.7) 319 73.5 (67.1–79.1) 3.7 (−5.7 to 13.1)
Marital status P = 0.0001 P = 0.0031
 Married 518 76.4 (72.0–80.3) 891 77.7 (74.1–80.9) 1.3 (−3.9 to 6.5)
 Unmarried 779 65.3 (61.1–69.2) 1197 70.6 (67.4–73.5) 5.3 (0.5–10.1)
Income (% poverty threshold) P < 0.0001 P < 0.0001
 < 139 336 59.1 (51.8–66.0) 495 61.2 (55.7–66.4) 2.1 (−6.7 to 10.9)
 139–250 323 64.0 (57.3–70.2) 500 69.8 (63.9–75.0) 5.8 (−2.2 to 13.8)
 251–400 313 72.4 (65.5–78.5) 456 75.2 (69.4–80.1) 2.7 (−5.3 to 10.7)
 > 400 328 83.4 (77.9–87.6) 639 84.4 (80.1–87.9) 1.0 (−4.8 to 6.9)
Health insurance P < 0.0001 P < 0.0001
 Medicare+private 631 77.7 (73.3–81.6) 990 81.3 (78.0–84.2) 3.6 (−1.5 to 8.7)
 Medicare+Medicaid 163 56.1 (47.0–64.9) 243 63.2 (55.1–70.7) 7.1 (−4.7 to 18.9)
 Medicare+other§ 38 * 74 80.9 (68.9–89.0) *
 Medicare Advantage only 193 73.9 (66.5–80.1) 352 74.7 (68.4–80.1) 0.8 (−8.2 to 9.8)
 Traditional Medicare|| only 268 56.9 (49.9–63.5) 415 61.9 (56.0–67.4) 5.0 (−3.6 to 13.6)
Usual source of care P < 0.0001 P < 0.0001
 Yes 1252 72.6 (69.4–75.5) 2006 76.9 (74.5–79.2) 4.3 (0.6–8.1)
 No 48 * 84 23.2 (13.8–36.2) *
# Physician visits in prior year P < 0.0001 P < 0.0001
 None 96 34.9 (24.5–47.0) 140 30.0 (21.5–40.0) −4.9 (−20.1 to 10.2)
 1 132 60.3 (50.2–69.6) 249 66.3 (58.3–73.4) 6.0 (−6.5 to 18.5)
 2–5 596 74.1 (69.4–78.3) 956 81.1 (77.6–84.1) 7.0 (1.5–12.5)
 ≥6 474 77.2 (72.6–81.2) 733 77.6 (73.8–81.1) 0.4 (−5.0 to 5.9)
Health status P = 0.0007 P = 0.0002
 Excellent/very good/good 1002 73.7 (70.2–76.9) 1678 77.2 (74.5–79.6) 3.5 (−0.6 to 7.5)
 Fair/poor 297 60.2 (53.0–67.0) 411 64.0 (57.8–69.8) 3.8 (−5.2 to 12.9)
Cancer history P = 0.9561 P = 0.4670
 Yes 104 71.0 (60.7–79.5) 189 77.3 (68.8–84.0) 6.3 (−5.1 to 17.8)
 No 1196 71.3 (68.0–74.3) 1901 74.4 (72.0–76.7) 3.2 (−0.7 to 7.1)
*

Estimate suppressed because of denominator <50 and/or relative SE > 30%.

Includes married or living with partner versus unmarried/not living with partner.

Includes those with other state-sponsored insurance.

§

Includes military plans, other government plans, or Indian Health Service.

||

Includes Medicare Part A and/or Part B.

Excluding breast cancer or nonmelanoma skin cancer.

AIAN indicates American Indian/Alaska Native; CI, confidence interval.

Data Source: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010 and 2013.