Table 2.
Pap test and mammography: total uptake, uptake in the National Health Service and public screening coverage, by educational level, occupation and perception of economic family resources (Italy, 2012–2013)
| Pap test (n=32 831) |
Mammography (n=16 459) |
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| Total uptake | Uptake in the NHS | Total uptake | Uptake in the NHS | |||
| Of which public screening coverage | Total | Of which public screening coverage | Total | |||
| Age | ||||||
| 25–29 | 48.5 | 13.3 | 28.2 | |||
| 30–34 | 58.1 | 18.6 | 35.7 | |||
| 35–39 | 63.8 | 19. 9 | 37.3 | |||
| 40–44 | 65.1 | 21.9 | 38.2 | |||
| 45–49 | 72.1 | 23.6 | 42.8 | |||
| 50–54 | 69.1 | 26.6 | 45.2 | 60.5 | 28.1 | 44.9 |
| 55–59 | 60.2 | 25.9 | 41.4 | 57.7 | 29.8 | 44.4 |
| 60–64 | 53.3 | 25.7 | 39.1 | 55.4 | 32.2 | 44.8 |
| 65–69 | 50.7 | 29.4 | 41.6 | |||
| Citizenship | ||||||
| Italian | 63.2 | 26.0 | 37.4* | 55.9 | 30.7 | 44.2 |
| Foreign national | 52.2 | 23.8 | 40.6 | 41.4 | 20.9 | 32.4 |
| Educational level | ||||||
| Degree | 68.6 | 20.2 | 37.2 | 65.5 | 29.9* | 46.5 |
| School-leaving certificate | 64.6 | 21.5 | 37.4 | 60.8 | 28.8 | 44.3 |
| Compulsory education | 57.8 | 23.6 | 40.8 | 53.3 | 30.2 | 43.5 |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Executive, entrepreneur, freelance professional | 74.4 | 20.1 | 35.4 | 65.1 | 27.8 | 40.9 |
| Office worker | 73.0 | 23.9 | 40.4 | 68.1 | 33.1 | 49.7 |
| Workman, apprentice, other | 64.1 | 28.2 | 45.8 | 58.2 | 34.6 | 48.6 |
| Independent businessman, homecare assistant, cooperative member | 67.5 | 24.7 | 40.2 | 60.5 | 35.7 | 50.4 |
| Contract worker | 60.2 | 20.3 | 34.4 | 59.9 | 21.3 | 40.4 |
| Not employed | 54.1 | 19.5 | 36.3 | 52.8 | 28.3 | 41.9 |
| Perceived economic resources | ||||||
| Excellent/adequate | 66.0 | 25.6 | 41.8 | 60.9 | 32.4 | 46.9 |
| Scarce/insufficient | 53.9 | 21.9 | 38.8 | 48.6 | 25.4 | 39.2 |
| Reasons hampering pursuit of hobbies or interests | ||||||
| Other | 60.3 | 22.0 | 38.7 | 55.4 | 29.5 | 43.3 |
| Too busy | 67.6 | 22.9 | 39.5 | 61.1 | 31.3 | 47.7 |
| Smoking habits | ||||||
| Smoker | 62.2 | 21.9 | 38.6 | 56.6 | 30.9 | 45.0 |
| Former smoker | 70.9 | 26.8 | 43.8 | 63.8 | 35.2 | 51.3 |
| Non-smoker | 59.6 | 21.1 | 37.6 | 53.8 | 27.7 | 41.3 |
| Physical activity | ||||||
| No | 55.9 | 19.4 | 36.2 | 47.7 | 24.0 | 37.3 |
| Yes | 67.9 | 24.8 | 41.4 | 64.9 | 35.5 | 50.6 |
| Weight control | ||||||
| Rarely or never | 56.9 | 20.7 | 36.1 | 48.7 | 25.2 | 37.7 |
| Weight controlled | 65.2 | 23.1 | 40.6 | 61.4 | 32.9 | 48.2 |
| Preventive medical examinations in the preceding 4 weeks | ||||||
| No examination | 58.0 | 20.9 | 37.0 | 52.2 | 28.2 | 41.0 |
| At least one preventive examination | 75.0 | 23.7 | 41.8 | 65.8 | 32.9 | 49.5 |
| Examinations for other reasons | 68.7 | 25.5 | 43.4 | 61.8 | 32.1 | 48.5 |
| General prevention medical tests | ||||||
| No test | 43.7 | 16.0 | 28.5 | 35.0 | 18.9 | 27.2 |
| 1 or 2 tests | 56.9 | 22.2 | 37.5 | 50.2 | 31.3 | 42.5 |
| All tests | 64.7 | 23.0 | 40.3 | 57.5 | 30.2 | 44.8 |
| Use of complementary medicine | ||||||
| Never used or more than 3 years ago | 60.0 | 21.3 | 38.2 | 54.9 | 29.1 | 43.0 |
| At least once in the last 3 years | 79.2 | 29.6 | 44.8 | 68.5 | 35.9 | 52.2 |
| Total | 62.1 | 22.2 | 38.9 | 56.4 | 29.8 | 44.0 |
*Not statistically significant.