Socioeconomic disparities in the uptake of breast and cervical cancer screening in Italy: a cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Prevalence rates of having regular mammography and Pap test by sample characteristics

	Women that performed a mammography every two years		Women that performed a Pap test every three years
	n	%	n	%
*Age groups*
25-34			3718	42.5
35-44			5482	53.7
45-54			5084	58.6
55-64			4133	53.5
50-54	2409	57.4
55-59	2038	47.6
60-64	1478	43.9
65-69	1349	38.1
*Region of residence*
North-western Italy	1985	56.4	4795	63.1
North-eastern Italy	1959	62.7	5236	73.3
Central-Italy	1507	50.3	3753	60.1
Southern Italy	1308	29.3	3403	32.7
Italian Islands	515	28.1	1230	31.0
*Marital status*
Single	402	38.4	2739	37.7
Married	5608	49.8	13376	56.2
Separated/Divorced	419	46.1	1529	56.2
Widowed	845	38.2	773	48.7
*Body mass index*
Normal weight	3732	49.8	11981	53.6
Underweight	156	50.0	945	50.0
Overweight	2451	45.7	4120	50.7
Obese	935	41.1	1371	45.9
*Self-assessed health status*
Good/Very good	3087	48.7	11540	50.7
Fair	3690	47.5	6279	55.5
Bad/Very bad	497	37.5	598	47.2
*Cigarette smoking status*
Current	1130	44.7	3452	49.0
Former	1407	54.8	3690	63.5
Never	4737	50.2	11275	53.9
*Level of education*
Primary school or less	3052	40.5	3114	44.0
Secondary school	1951	49.5	5632	50.5
High school and over	2271	57.0	9671	56.7
*Occupational class*
Non-working	1800	35.4	3598	63.3
Low	2788	47.9	6142	52.8
Intermediate	1863	59.5	6371	62.3
High	823	57.5	2306	62.7

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