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. 2021 Mar 26;3(13):267–273. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2021.078

Table 2. Breast cancer screening rates among Chinese women aged 20 years and above by sociodemographic factors ― China, 2015*.

Item Ever screened (%) (95%CI) Screened in 1 year (%) (95% CI) Screened in 2 years (%) (95% CI) Screened in 3 years (%) (95% CI)
Total Urban Rural p-value
* Screening rates were all weighted proportions.
Participants answering “don’t know/refused to answer” were not included in the trend test.
Total 18.9 (17.5–20.4) 24.6 (22.3–26.8) 15.0 (13.2–16.9) <0.0001 14.2 (13.0–15.4) 16.7 (15.4–18.0) 17.5 (16.1–18.8)
Age (years)
20–29 8.5 (7.3–9.7) 10.6 (8.8–12.5) 6.9 (5.4–8.3) 0.0019 7.0 (6.0–8.0) 8.1 (6.9–9.2) 8.2 (7.1–9.4)
30–39 25.3 (23.0–27.6) 32.0 (28.3–35.7) 20.0 (17.4–22.5) <0.0001 20.1 (18.2–21.9) 22.8 (20.9–24.8) 23.8 (21.8–25.8)
40–49 29.2 (26.9–31.6) 38.1 (34.6–41.7) 23.6 (20.6–26.6) <0.0001 22.3 (20.3–24.4) 26.3 (24.0–28.5) 27.4 (25.1–29.6)
50–59 22.2 (20.4–24.0) 28.5 (25.9–31.1) 18.1 (15.4–20.9) <0.0001 14.9 (13.6–16.2) 18.4 (16.7–20.0) 19.7 (17.9–21.5)
60–69 12.3 (11.0–13.5) 17.8 (15.5–20.1) 8.8 (7.4–10.3) <0.0001 7.5 (6.5–8.5) 9.3 (8.2–10.3) 10.1 (9.0–11.2)
70 and above 5.0 (4.1–6.0) 8.9 (7.1–10.8) 2.5 (1.6–3.3) <0.0001 3.4 (2.7–4.2) 3.9 (3.1–4.7) 4.2 (3.4–5.0)
p-value for trend 0.5242 0.1591 0.0890 <0.0001 0.0025 0.0193
Geographic Region
East 24.0 (22.0–26.1) 29.7 (26.8–32.7) 18.4 (15.3–21.5) <0.0001 18.6 (16.8–20.4) 21.7 (19.7–23.6) 22.5 (20.6–24.5)
Central 15.1 (12.6–17.7) 20.2 (16.9–23.5) 12.9 (9.6–16.2) 0.0047 11.1 (9.3–12.9) 13.1 (10.9–15.3) 13.8 (11.5–16.1)
West 15.3 (13.2–17.3) 17.9 (14.3–21.5) 13.5 (10.7–16.3) 0.0865 10.9 (9.1–12.6) 12.9 (10.9–14.9) 13.7 (11.7–15.8)
p-value for difference <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0295 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Education
Primary or less 13.2 (11.7–14.7) 14.7 (12.3–17.1) 12.7 (10.9–14.6) 0.2483 9.4 (8.3–10.5) 11.1 (9.8–12.5) 11.8 (10.5–13.2)
Junior high 19.7 (17.7–21.8) 25.1 (21.6–28.6) 16.8 (14.2–19.4) <0.0001 14.3 (12.6–15.9) 17.2 (15.3–19.1) 18.0 (16.1–20.0)
Senior high 24.7 (22.6–26.7) 28.4 (25.5–31.2) 19.3 (16.3–22.2) <0.0001 18.7 (16.4–20.9) 21.8 (19.7–24.0) 22.8 (20.6–24.9)
College or above 28.0 (25.4–30.6) 30.4 (27.2–33.7) 19.4 (15.8–22.9) <0.0001 23.4 (21.0–25.8) 26.5 (23.8–29.1) 27.3 (24.6–30.0)
p-value for trend <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Household income per capita (CNY)
Q1 (<7,200) 10.5 (9.0–12.1) 13.1 (10.4–15.7) 9.8 (7.9–11.8) 0.0922 7.4 (6.4–8.5) 8.9 (7.7–10.0) 9.5 (8.3–10.7)
Q2 (7,200–14,999) 14.0 (12.6–15.4) 14.5 (12.1–17.0) 13.8 (12.0–15.6) 0.2316 11.0 (9.8–12.1) 13.1 (11.8–14.4) 13.8 (12.5–15.2)
Q3 (15,000–24,999) 18.5 (16.8–20.2) 21.9 (18.6–25.1) 16.4 (14.3–18.4) 0.0007 14.3 (12.9–15.7) 17.1 (15.6–18.5) 18.1 (16.5–19.7)
Q4 (25,000 and above) 26.9 (25.2–28.6) 30.3 (28.1–32.5) 21.7 (18.6–24.9) 0.0002 22.2 (20.5–23.8) 25.5 (23.7–27.3) 26.5 (24.7–28.3)
Don’t know/refused to answer 15.3 (13.2–17.3) 22.1 (18.6–25.5) 11.7 (9.4–14.0) <0.001 11.4 (9.8–12.9) 13.5 (11.7–15.3) 13.9 (12.1–15.7)
p-value for trend <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Employment status
Employed 20.7 (19.1–22.3) 27.0 (24.4–29.6) 16.6 (14.7–18.5) <0.0001 16.0 (14.7–17.3) 18.6 (17.1–20.0) 19.3 (17.9–20.8)
Housework 13.6 (11.5–15.6) 17.4 (14.4–20.5) 11.9 (9.2–14.6) 0.0161 9.8 (8.3–11.3) 11.6 (9.8–13.4) 12.2 (10.3–14.1)
Retired 26.9 (24.2–29.6) 27.4 (24.5–30.3) 22.8 (15.3–30.2) 0.3039 16.7 (14.1–19.2) 21.0 (18.4–23.5) 22.7 (20.2–25.3)
Unemployed 11.4 (8.4–14.4) 14.7 (10.3–19.0) 8.2 (4.5–11.9) 0.0350 8.4 (5.7–11.1) 10.2 (7.2–13.2) 10.7 (7.7–13.6)
p-value for difference <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
With health insurance coverage
No 8.5 (6.8–10.2) 9.1 (7.0–11.3) 7.4 (4.5–10.3) 0.3808 6.8 (5.1–8.4) 7.7 (6.0–9.4) 8.1 (6.4–9.8)
Yes 19.4 (17.9–20.9) 25.6 (23.3–28.0) 15.2 (13.4–17.1) <0.0001 14.5 (13.3–15.7) 17.1 (15.7–18.4) 17.9 (16.5–19.3)
p-value for difference <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Health examination in past 3 years
No 10.8 (9.6–12.0) 12.3 (9.9–14.8) 10.1 (8.8–11.4) 0.1153 7.4 (6.3–8.5) 8.9 (7.8–10.1) 9.4 (8.3–10.6)
Yes 31.0 (29.1–32.9) 35.3 (32.9–37.7) 25.9 (22.7–29.0) <0.0001 24.3 (22.7–25.9) 28.1 (26.3–29.9) 29.4 (27.5–31.2)
p-value for difference <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Self–assessed health status
Poor or fair 19.8 (18.3–21.3) 25.9 (23.6–28.1) 15.8 (13.8–17.7) <0.0001 14.4 (13.2–15.7) 17.1 (15.7–18.4) 18.0 (16.6–19.4)
Good 17.9 (16.3–19.4) 23.0 (20.5–25.6) 14.1 (12.0–16.2) <0.0001 14.0 (12.6–15.3) 16.2 (14.7–17.8) 16.9 (15.3–18.4)
p-value for difference 0.0018 <0.0001 0.0340 0.3733 0.1496 0.0633