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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2009 Nov-Dec;33(6):650–660. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.33.6.3

Table 2.

Prevalence of Cancer Screening Among Asian American Subgroups

Cancer Screening Total Chinese
(n=718)
Vietnamese
(n=305)
Korean
(n=289)
Cambodian
(n=291 )
χ2
Breast Cancer-Mammograma
 Never screened 33.6 20.10 28.36 30.23 78.52
 Noncompliance (>2yrs) 22.8 22.28 33.58 27.91 10.07
 Within 12 mo 43.6 57.63 38.06 41.86 11.41 187.5*
Cervical Cancer-Pap Testb
 Never screened 37.7 27.95 33.33 35.71 75.61
 Noncompliance (>2yrs) 23.8 21.48 35.71 31.87 9.76
 Within 12 mo 38.6 50.57 30.95 32.42 14.63 160.2*
Prostate Cancerc
 N ever screened 78.2 56.72 88.00 78.85 96.97
 Noncompliance (>2yrs) 7.5 17.91 1.00 5.77 1.0 I
 Within 12 mo 14.3 25.37 11.00 15.38 2.02 66.9*
Liver Cancer-HBVd
 Never screened 71.4 62.12 79.67 67.82 89.35
Screened 28.6 37.88 20.33 32.18 10.65 88.3*
Colorectal Cancerde
 Never screened 79.1 65.27 86.15 74.47 94.88
 Noncompliance (>2yrs) 7.9 14.15 3.08 8.5] 2.79
 Within 12 mo 13.0 20.58 10.77 17.02 2.33 78.7*
Routine Health Exame
 Never screened 11.8 9.18 13.24 34.69 5.19
 Noncompliance (>2)’rs) 32.0 19.64 15.98 14.29 75.76
 Within 12 mo 56.2 71.17 70.78 51.02 19.05 319.8*

Note.

a

For women 40+

b

For women 18+

c

For men 50+

d

For men and women 18+

e

For men and women 50+

Colorectal cancer screening refers to colonoscopy, fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or any CRC screening

*

P<.0001