Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population (%).
| Characteristic | Study Years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 (n = 345) | 2008 (n = 363) | 2010 (n = 451) | 2012 (n = 393) | 2014 (n = 386) | |
| Education | |||||
| Low | 41.4 | 36.9 | 35.9 | 37.2 | 35.5 |
| Intermediate | 36.5 | 39.7 | 37.3 | 38.7 | 36.3 |
| High | 22.0 | 23.4 | 26.8 | 24.2 | 24.2 |
| Place of residence | |||||
| Cities | 46.3 | 53.4 | 40.1 | 41.7 | 46.1 |
| Towns | 35.1 | 30.3 | 28.2 | 31.8 | 32.1 |
| Villages | 18.6 | 16.3 | 31.7 | 26.5 | 21.8 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 62.3 | 61.5 | 65.1 | 62.1 | 64.0 |
| Unmarried | 37.7 | 38.5 | 34.9 | 37.9 | 36.0 |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Lithuanian | 83.13 | 85.2 | 87.4 | 84.3 | 88.7 |
| Others | 16.9 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 15.7 | 11.3 |
| Participation in cervical cancer screening * | 54.4 | 60.0 | 70.1 | 69.7 | 71.3 |
| Visits to a doctor during the last year | |||||
| No visit | 14.3 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
| 1–2 visits | 29.9 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 25.5 | 28.1 |
| 3 and more visits | 55.8 | 65.9 | 63.3 | 66.9 | 64.6 |
| Fresh vegetables | |||||
| Daily | 20.9 | 26.7 | 25.1 | 29.3 | 32.4 |
| Less often | 79.1 | 73.3 | 74.9 | 70.7 | 67.6 |
| Current daily smoking | |||||
| Yes | 9.6 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.1 |
| No | 90.4 | 89.8 | 90.7 | 90.7 | 90.9 |
| Strong-alcoholic-drink consumption at least once a week | |||||
| Yes | 8.5 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 10.2 |
| No | 91.5 | 90.5 | 91.7 | 93.9 | 89.8 |
| Leisure-time physical activity | |||||
| ≥2 days/week | 52.8 | 50.1 | 57.6 | 61.0 | 56.6 |
| <2 days/week | 47.2 | 49.9 | 42.4 | 39.0 | 43.4 |
* Women aged 50–60 years.