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. 2022 Dec 9;18:101. doi: 10.1186/s12992-022-00890-w

Table 2.

The regional adherence rates of cervical cancer screening in 2019, by age

Region Adherence rate, %
20–29 years 30–39 years 40–49 years 50–59 years 60–69 years Overall (20–69 years)
HICs 72.17 (62.58–80.09) 79.96 (71.97–86.12) 78.18 (69.74–84.78) 76.11 (67.20–83.21) 71.04 (61.22–79.22) 75.66 (66.74–82.81)
 AMR 71.80 (62.11–79.83) 79.70 (71.60–85.95) 77.67 (69.07–84.41) 75.41 (66.32–82.68) 70.17 (60.19–78.55) 75.03 (65.95–82.35)
 EUR 71.35 (61.58–79.47) 79.33 (71.14–85.67) 77.22 (68.52–84.07) 74.97 (65.80–82.35) 69.63 (59.57–78.11) 74.66 (65.51–82.06)
 EMR 63.70 (53.05–73.16) 72.74 (63.15–80.60) 70.40 (60.44–78.74) 67.73 (57.41–76.57) 61.73 (50.91–71.51) 68.53 (58.41–77.16)
 WPR 77.31 (68.67–84.13) 84.07 (77.20–89.15) 82.29 (74.90–87.87) 80.46 (72.55–86.51) 75.84 (66.84–83.01) 80.15 (72.23–86.25)
LMICs 19.14 (13.64–26.01) 28.15 (20.84–36.66) 27.29 (20.07–35.78) 26.99 (19.74–35.53) 23.60 (17.02–31.59) 24.91 (14.30–30.24)
 AFR 4.33 (2.81–6.63) 6.52 (4.26–9.86) 5.86 (3.81–8.89) 5.20 (3.38–7.92) 4.07 (2.63–6.23) 5.28 (3.43–8.03)
 AMR 23.09 (16.17–31.85) 31.54 (22.80–41.80) 29.02 (20.78–38.93) 26.51 (18.79–36.00) 21.77 (15.15–30.25) 26.81 (19.07–36.27)
 SEAR 14.92 (10.11–21.47) 21.20 (14.70–29.58) 19.29 (13.28–27.17) 17.42 (11.90–24.77) 14.02 (9.46–20.29) 17.71 (12.14–25.10)
 EUR 50.14 (39.30–60.97) 60.49 (49.58–70.45) 57.59 (46.59–67.89) 54.44 (43.42–65.04) 47.89 (37.14–58.85) 54.54 (43.63–65.04)
 EMR 10.43 (6.94–15.39) 15.14 (10.24–21.81) 13.72 (9.23–19.90) 12.29 (8.22–17.96) 9.78 (6.49–14.48) 12.54 (8.41–18.28)
 WPR 32.82 (23.91–43.16) 42.59 (32.25–53.61) 39.60 (29.62–50.53) 36.84 (27.24–47.62) 30.81 (22.24–40.94) 37.09 (27.52–47.77)
Worldwide 26.24 (20.19–33.25) 35.87 (28.45–44.02) 36.25 (28.81–44.41) 36.86 (29.28–45.11) 35.16 (27.78–43.19) 33.66 (23.34–39.30)
 AFR 4.33 (2.81–6.63) 6.52 (4.26–9.86) 5.86 (3.81–8.89) 5.20 (3.38–7.92) 4.07 (2.63–6.23) 5.28 (3.43–8.03)
 AMR 42.18 (34.17–50.65) 50.91 (42.43–59.56) 49.43 (41.03–58.01) 49.51 (41.14–57.96) 48.08 (39.63–56.50) 47.84 (39.52–56.36)
 SEAR 14.92 (10.11–21.47) 21.20 (14.70–29.58) 19.29 (13.28–27.17) 17.42 (11.90–24.77) 14.02 (9.46–20.29) 17.71 (12.14–25.10)
 EUR 61.01 (50.72–70.45) 69.82 (60.25–77.99) 68.30 (58.55–76.72) 66.28 (56.32–75.02) 60.04 (49.67–69.61) 65.36 (55.40–74.19)
 EMR 14.20 (10.20–19.47) 20.49 (15.15–27.26) 19.08 (14.08–25.47) 16.06 (11.57–21.95) 12.48 (8.79–17.44) 16.99 (12.39–22.96)
 WPR 37.68 (28.80–47.63) 46.97 (37.00–57.37) 45.16 (35.51–55.39) 42.25 (32.86–52.44) 37.78 (29.14–47.45) 42.39 (33.02–52.51)

Abbreviations: AFR African Region, AMR Region of the Americas, EMR Eastern Mediterranean Region, EUR European Region, HICs high-income countries, LMICs low and middle-income countries, SEAR South-East Asia Region, WPR Western Pacific Region