Table 3. Comparison of participation status of the regular physical examination among women aged 50–70 years by region and area type — 6 provinces, China, 2018.

Item	Total n(%, 95% CI)	Region						Area type
		Eastern n (%, 95% CI)	Central n (%, 95% CI)	Western n (%, 95% CI)	χ2	P		Urban n (%, 95% CI)	Rural n (%, 95% CI)	χ2	P
Reasons for not participating in physical examination
Nobody to organize	1,201(52.9, 50.8−54.9)	306(47.6, 43.7−51.5)	401(51.7, 48.2−55.3)	494(57.9, 54.6−61.2)	66.217	<0.001		683(59.4, 56.6−62.3)	518(46.2, 43.2−49.1)	45.337	<0.001
Thinking it was not necessary	571(25.1, 23.4−26.9)	136(21.2, 18.0−24.3)	226(29.2, 26.0−32.4)	209(24.5, 21.6−27.4)	36.037	<0.001		260(22.6, 20.2−25.1)	311(27.7, 25.1−30.3)	9.110	0.003
Unwilling	421(18.5, 16.9−20.1)	171(26.6, 23.2−30.0)	133(17.2, 14.5−19.8)	117(13.7, 11.4−16.0)	16.447	<0.001		168(14.6, 12.6−16.7)	253(22.5, 20.1−25.0)	34.323	<0.001
Other	78(3.4, 2.7−4.2)	30(4.7, 3.0−6.3)	15(1.9, 1.0−2.9)	33(3.9, 2.6−5.2)	10.731	0.005		38(3.3, 2.3−4.3)	40(3.6, 2.5−4.7)	0.103	0.749
Forms of participating
On their own initiative	759(27.5, 25.8−29.1)	169(16.2, 13.9−18.4)	276(31.4, 28.3−34.5)	314(37.4, 34.1−40.7)	67.032	<0.001		499(35.9, 33.3−38.4)	260(19.0, 16.9−21.0)	150.516	<0.001
Organized by work institution	363(13.1, 11.9−14.4)	139(13.3, 11.3−15.4)	137(15.6) (13.2−18.0)	87(10.4, 8.3−12.4)	21.521	<0.001		312(22.4, 20.2−24.6)	51(3.7, 2.7−4.7)	375.322	<0.001
Organized by village committees or community worker	1,484(53.7, 51.9−55.6)	671(64.3, 61.4−67.2)	445(50.6, 47.3−53.9)	368(43.9, 40.5−47.2)	150.418	<0.001		535(38.5, 35.9−41.0)	949(69.2, 66.8−71.7)	230.992	<0.001
Others (public welfare projects, et al.)	156 (5.6, 4.8−6.5)	65 (6.2, 4.8−7.7)	21 (2.4, 1.4−3.4)	70 (8.3, 6.5−10.2)	41.942	<0.001		45 (3.2, 2.3−4.2)	111 (8.1, 6.7−9.5)	55.846	<0.001