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Table 3 Self-reported timely* uptake of Pap test among women aged 18 to 84 years, Canada: 1978/9 to 2008

From: Reduced cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Canada: national data from 1932 to 2006

Age Group

1978/1979 % (95%CI)

1985 % (95%CI)

1990 % (95%CI)

1994/1995 % (95%CI)

1996/1997** % (95%CI)

1998/1999** % (95%CI)

2001** % (95%CI)

2003** % (95%CI)

2005** % (95%CI)

2008** % (95%CI)

18-19

43.2 (35.6 - 51.2)

49.3 (41.6 - 57.0)

54.2 (43.4 - 65.1)

48.5 (40.2 - 56.8)

49.6 (43.0 - 56.1)

44.0 (33.5 - 54.5)

43.8 (40.8 - 46.7)

47.3 (44.0 - 50.6)

42.4 (39.1 - 45.6)

39.8 (35.0 - 44.7)

20-24

77.3 (74.1 - 80.2)

83.4 (80.8 - 86.1)

75.4 (70.1 - 80.6)

71.1 (65.2 - 77.0)

72.8 (68.6 - 77.0)

72.5 (67.3 - 77.7)

65.9 (63.7 - 68.1)

70.4 (67.7 - 73.1)

70.0 (67.6 - 72.3)

73.9 (70.7- 77.3)

25-29

86.8 (84.9 - 88.4)

90.9 (88.0 - 93.8)

85.5 (82.6 - 88.4)

83.8 (80.1 - 87.5)

85.5 (82.5 - 88.4)

86.8 (82.8 - 90.8)

80.4 (78.5 - 82.2)

81.3 (79.3 - 83.2)

82.5 (80.7 - 84.2)

81.3 (78.6 - 84.1)

30-34

79.7 (75.0 - 83.7)

90.9 (88.0 - 93.8)

84.5 (79.5 - 89.6)

83.7 (80.5 - 86.9)

87.3 (85.2 - 89.4)

87.1 (83.9 - 90.4)

81.7 (80.0 - 83.4)

84.6 (83.0 - 86.2)

85.0 (83.6 - 86.4)

83.1 (80.6 - 85.6)

35-39

74.3 (70.1 - 78.1)

83.6 (80.6 - 86.6)

82.5 (76.7 - 88.3)

80.9 (76.8 - 85.0)

84.5 (82.1 - 86.8)

85.7 (82.5 - 88.9)

80.5 (78.8 - 82.2)

82.2 (80.5 - 84.0)

82.0 (80.3 - 83.6)

83.2 (80.6 - 85.7)

40-44

67.8 (63.0 - 72.2)

83.5 (80.5 - 86.5)

81.3 (75.6 - 87.0)

79.2 (74.6 - 83.0)

81.5 (78.4 - 84.6)

82.9 (78.7 - 87.2)

80.3 (78.8 - 81.7)

82.8 (81.0 - 84.6)

81.2 (79.5 - 82.8)

81.9 (78.8 - 84.9)

45-49

70.1 (64.6 - 75.1)

79.2 (72.9 - 85.5)

77.8 (71.3 - 84.4)

75.4 (70.8 - 79.9)

79.6 (76.2 - 83.1)

83.9 (79.3 - 88.6)

78.6 (76.7 - 80.5)

81.3 (79.5 - 83.0)

78.6 (76.6 - 80.7)

82.3 (79.4 - 85.1)

50-54

63.8 (56.5 - 70.4)

74.9 (69.2 - 80.6)

75.2 (68.4 - 82.0)

73.5 (68.0 - 79.1)

80.9 (78.0 - 83.7)

85.2 (81.2 - 89.2)

79.8 (77.7 - 81.9)

80.8 (79.1 - 82.5)

79.7 (77.8 - 81.6)

77.4 (73.8 - 81.0)

55-59

57.3 (51.3 - 63.1)

69.0 (62.7 - 75.4)

69.3 (62.8 - 75.8)

62.3 (55.5 - 69.1)

72.5 (68.1 - 77.0)

80.5 (74.9 - 86.1)

77.4 (74.9 - 79.8)

81.9 (80.3 - 83.5)

77.6 (75.8 - 79.4)

76.9 (73.3 - 80.5)

60-64

42.1 (36.1 - 48.3)

69.7 (64.1 - 75.2)

65.1 (58.5 - 71.8)

60.9 (54.1 - 67.7)

64.8 (59.8 - 69.8)

74.1 (67.5 - 80.7)

72.8 (69.6 - 76.1)

74.7 (72.6 - 76.8)

75.0 (73.1 - 76.9)

71.5 (67.9 - 75.1)

65-69

41.3 (35.6 - 47.1)

59.8 (52.1 - 67.4)

55.1 (47.3 - 62.9)

56.4 (50.4 - 62.4)

55.9 (50.4 - 61.4)

61.8 (54.5 - 69.1)

64.8 (61.8 - 67.8)

65.0 (62.6 - 67.4)

63.0 (60.5 - 65.4)

66.8 (62.9 - 70.8)

70-74

28.3 (21.8 - 35.8)

50.8 (42.9 - 58.8)

41.1 (32.0 - 50.1)

35.7 (29.9 - 41.5)

46.1 (41.3 - 50.8)

55.4 (46.8 - 64.0)

50.8 (47.6 - 54.0)

54.0 (51.4 - 56.6)

51.6 (49.3 - 53.9)

48.7 (43.8 - 53.5)

75-79

19.6 (14.1 - 26.6)

43.5 (33.0 - 54.0)

33.0 (23.6 - 42.5)

31.3 (25.2 - 37.4)

33.7 (28.0 - 39.5)

40.2 (31.1 - 49.3)

37.7 (34.4 - 41.1)

38.1 (35.1 - 41.1)

35.7 (32.9 - 38.4)

27.6 (22.7 - 32.4)

80-84

15.2 (9.4 - 23.5)

43.4 (30.9 - 55.9)

35.0 (21.8 - 48.2)

27.6 (18.4 - 36.8)

26.1 (21.0 - 31.2)

26.9 (16.4 - 37.3)

23.9 (20.8 - 27.1)

23.7 (21.0 - 26.5)

23.3 (20.5 - 26.0)

21.4 (17.2 - 25.7)

  1. Timely uptake is defined as within the last 2 years (1978/79) or within the last 3 years (1985 – 2008).
  2. ** Hysterectomy corrections made from 1996–7 onwards.