Table 3.

Characteristics of women diagnosed with breast cancer and those screen-detected aged 50–69 years by province

	British Columbia		Alberta		Manitoba		Ontario		Nova Scotia
Variables	Total n = 7048	Screen detected n(%)= 3049(43)	Total n = 5190	Screen detected n(%)= 2277(44)	Total n = 2085	Screen detected n(%)= 941(45)	Total n= 22,543	Screen detected n(%)= 9435(42)	Total n = 1869	Screen detected n(%)= 969(52)
Age
50–59	3407	41%	2811	40%	1008	41%	11,278	38%	843	48%
60–69	3641	45%	2379	48%	1077	49%	11,265	46%	1026	56%
Co-morbidities
0–3 ADGs	2449	39%	–	–	496	42%	6219	40%	431	40%
4–5 ADGs	1737	44%			503	45%	5364	44%	398	50%
6–7 ADGs	1365	50%			434	47%	4827	43%	393	58%
8–9 ADGs	870	43%			332	44%	3254	42%	327	60%
10+ ADGs	627	43%			320	48%	2879	40%	320	54%
Income-rurality
Low/rural	189	45%	229	39%	96	42%	578	48%	123	50%
Med/rural	620	40%	723	40%	385	48%	1815	45%	415	55%
High/rural	207	41%	217	41%	147	48%	582	44%	125	59%
Low/urban	1044	37%	639	43%	195	47%	3148	39%	205	44%
Med/urban	3486	46%	2399	45%	945	44%	11,705	42%	752	50%
High/urban	1361	45	959	46%	317	45%	4635	42%	246	56%
Missing/unknown	141	26%	0	0	0	0	80	39%	3	66%
UPC index score
0 visits	564	25%	286	28%	138	36%	1707	35%	106	24%
1–2 visits	1038	41%	434	43%	182	42%	2647	41%		45%
UPC < 0.75	2822	46%	2354	44%	792	44%	5910	41%	224	52%
UPC > 0.75	2624	45%	2116	46%	973	48%	12,279	43%	1053	56%