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. 2021 Jul 30;7(3):e23790. doi: 10.2196/23790

Table 1.

Selected characteristics by receiving a breast, cervical and colon cancer screening in the last 12 months, National Health Interview Survey 2011-2015.

Characteristic Breast cancer screening (n=35,912), n (weighted %) Cervical cancer screening (n=48,512), n (weighted %) Colon cancer screening (n=45,884), n (weighted %)

No (n=13,557) Yes (n=22,355) P value No (n=16,530) Yes (n=31,982) P value No (n=34,171) Yes (n=11,713) P value
Race or ethnicity .005

<.001

<.001

Non-Hispanic White 9659 (76.3) 15,865 (76.4)
11,087 (72.0) 19,598 (68.7)
26,330 (81.6) 8476 (78.5)

Hispanic 1367 (8.4) 2200 (7.9)
2175 (11.3) 4801 (11.9)
2494 (6.1) 950 (6.4)

Non-Hispanic Black 1752 (9.6) 3121 (10.6)
2013 (9.5) 5493 (13.6)
3646 (7.6) 1698 (10.5)

Non-Hispanic Asian or Other 779 (5.7) 1169 (5.0)
1255 (7.1) 2090 (5.8)
1701 (4.7) 589 (4.6)
Nativity status .46

.001

0.03

Foreign-born 1856 (13.9) 3089 (13.5)
2649 (15.9) 4971 (14.5)
3895 (11.5) 1431 (12.6)

US-born 11,697 (86.1) 19,263 (86.5)
13,875 (84.1) 27,006 (85.5)
30,269 (88.5) 10,279 (87.4)
Marital status <.001

<.001

<.001

Never married 1502 (8.1) 2165 (6.6)
3498 (18.2) 7557 (18.5)
2963 (5.9) 949 (5.5)

Married or living with partner 6340 (61.1) 12,227 (69.2)
8752 (63.6) 17,838 (67.5)
18,594 (69.3) 6792 (72.5)

Divorced, widowed, or separated 5664 (30.8) 7899 (24.2)
4232 (18.2) 6507 (14.1)
12,522 (24.8) 3947 (22.0)
Education <.001

<.001

<.001

Less than high-school graduate 1426 (9.1) 1515 (5.6)
1352 (7.5) 2076 (5.4)
2989 (7.3) 955 (6.8)

High-school graduate 3360 (25.2) 4857 (22.2)
3598 (22.5) 5724 (18.1)
8134 (24.0) 2468 (20.9)

Some college 4758 (34.7) 7325 (31.8)
6136 (36.9) 11,050 (33.8)
10,822 (30.9) 3808 (31.7)

Bachelor’s degree or higher 3966 (31.0) 8600 (40.3)
5400 (33.2) 13,081 (42.8)
12,127 (37.8) 4447 (40.6)
Health insurance <.001

<.001

<.001

Not covered 1506 (11.0) 865 (3.5)
2391 (13.7) 2989 (8.0)
1882 (5.1) 302 (2.4)

Covered 12,016 (89.0) 21,446 (96.5)
14,078 (86.3) 28,915 (92.0)
32,223 (94.9) 11,396 (97.6)
Perceived health status <.001

<.001

.08

Fair or poor 2760 (18.5) 2736 (11.0)
2694 (15.0) 2806 (7.7)
5765 (15.3) 2105 (16.1)

Excellent, very good, or good 10,792 (81.5) 19,606 (89.0)
13,831 (85.0) 29,162 (92.3)
28,385 (84.7) 9606 (83.9)
Survey year <.001

<.001

0.02

2011 3875 (27.9) 5414 (23.8)
3493 (21.2) 7455 (23.0)
9299 (26.6) 3139 (25.8)

2012 1991 (15.2) 3872 (17.7)
2683 (16.3) 6222 (18.9)
5259 (16.0) 1889 (16.3)

2013 2323 (17.5) 4168 (19.1)
3175 (19.4) 6219 (19.6)
5899 (17.8) 2159 (19.5)

2014 2675 (18.9) 4554 (19.4)
3645 (21.0) 6319 (18.9)
6901 (19.3) 2260 (18.3)

2015 2693 (20.4) 4347 (19.9)
3534 (22.1) 5767 (19.5)
6813 (20.4) 2266 (20.1)