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. 2017 Oct 27;66(20):1–31. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss6620a1

TABLE 9. Percentage of women aged 18–44 years receiving preconception health and related reproductive health care services, by age National Health Interview Survey, 2013.

Type of service Total (18–44 yrs)
18–19 yrs
20–24 yrs
25–34 yrs
35–44 yrs
% (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Blood pressure checked by a health care professional in the past yr
Among women aged 18–44 yrs who had never been told they had high blood pressure
80.9 (79.7–82.1)
76.3 (69.6–81.9)
77.5 (74.2–80.5)
82.0 (80.2–83.6)
82.9 (81.1–84.5)
Tested for high blood sugar or diabetes in the past yr
Among women aged 18–44 yrs with no previous diagnosis of diabetes who had ever been told they had high blood pressure*
54.5 (49.7–59.2)

45.9 (28.1–64.9)
50.0 (41.7–58.3)
59.0 (52.9–64.9)
Had a health care professional talk with them about their diet in the past yr
Among women aged 18–44 yrs
25.9 (24.7–27.2)
19.2 (14.4–25.0)
22.8 (20.0–25.7)
26.1 (24.2–28.1)
28.8 (26.7–31.0)
   Among underweight women (BMI <18.5)
17.1 (12.0–23.8)

14.9 (7.4–27.9)§
22.9 (14.1–35.0)
9.4 (3.5–22.8)§
   Among normal weight women (BMI 18.5–24.9)
16.8 (15.2–18.6)
13.8 (8.8–20.9)
18.6 (14.9–23.1)
15.8 (13.6–18.2)
17.6 (14.8–20.7)
   Among overweight women (BMI 25.0–29.9)
22.8 (20.5–25.3)
12.2 (5.8–24.0)§
17.7 (12.7–24.3)
25.0 (21.2–29.2)
24.7 (21.1–28.7)
   Among obese women (BMI >30.0)
44.9 (42.2–47.7)
38.2 (23.5–55.5)
40.1 (33.3–47.3)
45.5 (41.1–49.9)
47.2 (43.2–51.2)
Had a health care professional talk with them about smoking in the past yr
Among current smokers aged 18–44 yrs
55.2 (51.5–58.8)
54.6 (34.1–73.6)
52.3 (42.9–61.6)
55.6 (50.6–60.5)
56.4 (50.7–62.0)
Received a tetanus vaccine in the past 10 yrs
Among women aged 18–44 yrs
63.3 (61.9–64.7)
74.4 (68.2–79.7)
63.0 (59.3–66.5)
63.7 (61.6–65.8)
61.0 (58.7–63.1)
Received an influenza vaccine in the past yr
Among women aged 18–44 yrs
31.7 (30.4–33.1)
25.1 (19.6–31.4)
24.1 (21.2–27.3)
33.0 (31.1–35.0)
35.9 (33.8–38.1)
Received a Pap test in the past 3 yrs
Among women, age specific
81.6 (80.3–82.8)**
38.6 (33.4–44.0)††
74.6 (71.0–77.9)§§
83.8 (82.0–85.4)
82.5 (80.8–84.2)
Received a mammogram in the past 2 yrs
Among women aged 30–44 yrs N/A N/A N/A 16.7 (15.1–18.4)¶¶ 53.7 (50.4–56.9)***

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index calculated as weight (kg)/(height [m])2, using self-reported height and weight; CI = confidence interval; N/A: not applicable; Pap = Papanicolaou.

* Women had to have been told on two or more different visits that they had hypertension or high blood pressure to be classified as ever told they had high blood pressure.

Does not meet reliability standards.

§ Estimate might not be reliable and should be used with caution; the relative standard error (RSE) is >30% but does not exceed 50%.

Women who reported smoking ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and, at the time of interview, reported smoking every day or some days.

** Because Pap tests are not recommended for women aged <21 years, this estimate only includes women aged 21–44 years.

†† Because Pap tests are not recommended for women <21 years, this estimate includes women aged 18–20 years to evaluate overscreening among this age group.

§§ Because Pap tests are not recommended for women <21 years, this estimate only includes women aged 21–24 years.

¶¶ Because QFP does not routinely recommend mammograms for women aged <50 years, this estimate is provided to evaluate overscreening among this age group. Because the National Health Interview Survey does not ask this question to women aged <30 years, this estimate includes women aged 30–39 years.

*** Because mammograms are not routinely recommended for women aged <40 years, this estimate only includes women aged 40–44 years.