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Table 4 Cancer screening behaviors of population sample, by caregiver status a

From: Caregiving associated with selected cancer risk behaviors and screening utilization among women: cross-sectional results of the 2009 BRFSS

Screening Examb

Caregivers

Non-caregivers

P value

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

Breast cancer screening within guidelinesc

698,000 (66.7)

1,215,000 (65.3)

0.49

  Mammogram within guidelinesd

761,000 (69.5)

1,413,000 (70.0)

0.76

  Ever had a mammogram

1,099,000 (93.1)

2,029,000 (91.2)

0.07

  Clinical breast exam within guidelinese

812,000 (73.7)

1,431,000 (71.1)

0.36

  Ever had a clinical breast exam

1,105,000 (93.8)

2,007,000 (90.6)

0.002

Cervical cancer screening within guidelinesf

928,000 (84.0)

1,716,000 (82.3)

0.24

  Pap test within past year

699,000 (63.3)

1,235,000 (59.2)

0.03

  Ever had a Pap test

1,116,000 (95.0)

2,111,000 (95.0)

0.94

  1. aData reported are the weighted frequencies (rounded to the nearest 1000) and percentages, based on an unweighted sample size of 10,015.
  2. bThe unweighted numbers of missing observations for each variable are as follows: breast cancer screening within guidelines, 1610; mammogram within guidelines, 939; ever had a mammogram, 160; clinical breast exam within guidelines, 1134; ever had a clinical breast exam, 192; cervical cancer screening within guidelines, 780; Pap test within past year, 780; ever had a Pap test, 181.
  3. cReceived a mammogram and a clinical breast exam within the past year.
  4. dReceived a mammogram within the past year.
  5. eReceived a clinical breast exam within the past year.
  6. fReceived a Pap test within the past three years.