Table 1.
Characteristics of TennCare-Enrolled Women Aged 18‒39 Years With at Least 1-year of Consecutive Enrollment From 2008‒2018 and Among Those Screened for Cervical Cancer
| Characteristic | Year | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall % | 2008 % | 2009 % | 2010 % | 2011 % | 2012 % | 2013 % | 2014 % | 2015 % | 2016 % | 2017 % | 2018 % | |
| All women | ||||||||||||
| Total PY, n | 2,332,477 | 164,695 | 166,528 | 179,207 | 185,209 | 185,571 | 184,990 | 204,357 | 263,169 | 300,837 | 249,254 | 248,660 |
| Age group, years | ||||||||||||
| 18–20 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 17.0 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 14.9 |
| 21–24 | 18.2 | 20.7 | 19.3 | 19.7 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| 25–29 | 24.1 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.4 | 24.0 | 24.5 | 24.7 | 24.7 | 24.3 | 24.1 | 23.4 | 24.1 |
| 30–34 | 22.2 | 19.5 | 20.2 | 20.6 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 23.2 | 22.9 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 23.8 | 23.8 |
| 35–39 | 18.9 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 18.6 | 19.1 | 21.8 | 21.7 |
| Race | ||||||||||||
| White | 34.1 | 41.1 | 39.8 | 39.4 | 37.8 | 36.0 | 33.7 | 31.2 | 29.6 | 28.9 | 31.2 | 33.9 |
| Black | 17.5 | 23.7 | 22.9 | 21.7 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 18.0 | 15.8 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.9 |
| Hispanic | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Other/Unknown | 47.7 | 34.4 | 36.6 | 38.2 | 40.8 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 52.3 | 55.2 | 56.6 | 54.2 | 50.4 |
| Urbanicitya | ||||||||||||
| MSA | 72.9 | 72.8 | 72.9 | 72.9 | 73.2 | 73.4 | 73.2 | 73.0 | 72.9 | 72.9 | 72.4 | 72.1 |
| Non-MSA | 27.1 | 27.1 | 26.9 | 27.0 | 26.7 | 26.5 | 26.7 | 27.0 | 27.1 | 27.1 | 27.5 | 27.9 |
| Women screened for cervical cancer | ||||||||||||
| Total PY, n | 759,269 | 67,322 | 70,633 | 74,885 | 72,018 | 67,947 | 62,683 | 62,908 | 72,928 | 79,327 | 65,500 | 63,118 |
| Age group, years | ||||||||||||
| 18–20 | 13.8 | 20.4 | 20.5 | 20.1 | 17.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 7.3 |
| 21–24 | 22.2 | 24.8 | 23.1 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 22.7 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 22.6 | 22.5 | 18.8 | 18.3 |
| 25–29 | 26.9 | 25.1 | 25.1 | 24.6 | 25.9 | 27.2 | 27.8 | 28.2 | 28.1 | 28.1 | 27.9 | 29.0 |
| 30–34 | 21.4 | 16.6 | 18.0 | 18.6 | 20.3 | 21.8 | 22.7 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 23.2 | 24.6 | 25.1 |
| 35–39 | 15.6 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 20.2 | 20.3 |
| Race | ||||||||||||
| White | 31.3 | 37.1 | 35.8 | 35.5 | 33.4 | 31.3 | 29.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 27.2 | 28.7 | 30.9 |
| Black | 19.9 | 23.8 | 23.2 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.1 | 20.0 | 18.5 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 16.9 |
| Hispanic | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Other/Unknown | 48.2 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 41.6 | 44.1 | 47.0 | 50.4 | 53.4 | 54.8 | 55.3 | 53.8 | 51.4 |
| Urbanicitya | ||||||||||||
| MSA | 74.2 | 73.4 | 73.4 | 73.6 | 74.0 | 74.7 | 75.0 | 74.9 | 74.5 | 74.3 | 74.2 | 73.7 |
| Non-MSA | 25.8 | 26.5 | 26.6 | 26.4 | 26.0 | 25.3 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 25.5 | 25.6 | 25.8 | 26.3 |
a
Urbanicity was categorized by county of residence using MSA definitions and boundaries set by the U.S. Census Bureau, which classifies MSAs as counties associated with at least one urbanized area that has a population of at least 50,000 persons.
MSA, metropolitan statistical area; TennCare, Tennessee Medicaid; TN, Tennessee; PY, person-years.