Table 4. Referral recommendations depending on gender, age groups and municipality.
| R0 | R1 | R2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | 95% CI | N | % | 95% CI | N | % | 95% CI | |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male (n=141) | 530 | 37.8% | 35.3%:40.4% | 695 | 49.6% | 47.0%:52.3% | 176 | 12.6% | 10.9%:14.4% |
| Female (n=4129) | 1414 | 34.2% | 32.8%:35.7% | 2287 | 55.4% | 53.9%:56.9% | 428 | 10.4% | 9.5%:11.3% |
| Age groups | |||||||||
| < 50 yo (n=1913) | 783 | 40.9% | 38.7%:43.2% | 949 | 49.6% | 47.3%:51.9% | 181 | 9.5% | 8.2%:10.9% |
| 50 – 69 yo (n=2278) | 807 | 35.4% | 33.5%:37.4% | 1252 | 55.0% | 52.9%:57.0% | 219 | 9.6% | 8.4%:10.9% |
| >70 yo (n=1339) | 354 | 26.4% | 24.1%:28.9% | 781 | 58.3% | 55.6%:61.0% | 204 | 15.2% | 13.4%:17.3% |
| Municipality | |||||||||
| Rural (n=421) | 120 | 28.5% | 24.2%:33.1% | 270 | 64.1% | 59.3%:68.7% | 31 | 7.4% | 5.1%:10.3% |
| Urban (n=1306) | 419 | 32.1% | 29.6%:34.7% | 715 | 54.7% | 52.0%:57.5% | 172 | 13.2% | 11.4%:15.1% |
| Big city (n=3803) | 1405 | 36.9% | 35.4%:38.5% | 1997 | 52.5% | 50.9%:54.1% | 401 | 10.5% | 9.6%:9.6% |
| TOTAL | 1944 | 35.2% | 33.9%:36.4% | 2982 | 53.9% | 52.6%:55.2% | 604 | 10.9% | 10.1%:11.8% |
R0: No risk factors. R1: Risk factor(s) detected: referral to general practitioner. R2: Self-reported suspicious lesions: urgent referral to physician.