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Table 3 Distribution of the utilisation of BCS services across geographical regions

From: Distribution and predictors associated with the use of breast cancer screening services among women in 14 low-resource countries

Participants characteristics

The utilisation of BCS services, (%)

Overall

Americas

Asian

African

European

40–44 years

≥ 45 years

40–44 years

≥ 45 years

40–44 years

≥ 45 years

40–44 years

≥ 45 years

40–44 years

≥ 45 years

Educational level

 No education

5.66

11.58

7.83

6.55

4.89

3.12

0.00

100

6.73

5.78

 Primary

13.21

17.28

7.35

8.86

16.14

16.29

71.73

76.28

13.63

14.05

 Secondary

17.81

30.12

23.85

18.71

17.89

18.57

88.30

88.73

21.53

20.22

 Higher

19.38

34.92

39.73

26.01

26.30

24.69

98.00

100

32.97

27.27

Head of the household

 Male

14.42

22.78

17.76

13.50

12.21

10.10

79.48

84.08

15.92

13.95

 Female

15.48

18.99

18.06

10.23

20.20

20.92

100.00

33.25

18.38

16.36

Respondent’s age at 1st birth

 < 18 years

12.10

15.74

9.23

8.08

12.17

12.20

40.96

100

10.74

10.79

 18–20 years

13.65

20.39

18.48

12.95

15.17

13.11

78.71

78.02

16.57

14.30

 21–25 years

17.07

24.46

23.54

18.44

13.90

14.10

79.61

82.94

19.71

18.15

 > 25 years

19.79

29.57

30.12

21.83

17.78

14.19

82.52

83.07

23.78

21.26

Number of childbirths

 < 4

18.87

29.09

9.93

7.45

18.39

18.84

81.40

87.02

15.21

14.10

 4–5

14.67

19.61

21.41

13.70

13.91

12.66

77.72

64.59

17.71

14.35

 > 5

7.93

15.50

25.51

23.86

12.26

11.47

57.25

100

17.23

17.24

Mass media exposure

 No

11.21

12.08

8.77

6.73

12.34

11.08

28.67

100

10.41

8.40

 Yes

14.99

22.03

19.92

14.45

14.85

13.79

80.92

82.90

17.68

15.72

Health insurance coverage

 No

13.68

20.30

7.33

6.03

11.58

10.75

75.98

81.06

11.03

10.51

 Yes

16.69

17.06

3.90

2.87

33.76

29.74

92.05

90.28

15.71

12.07

Body mass index

 Under weight

15.90

12.87

6.80

6.37

14.95

13.12

0.00

0.00

8.99

7.90

 Normal weight

12.47

12.64

11.16

7.83

15.79

16.16

80.24

71.89

13.32

10.51

 Overweight

15.58

20.78

20.82

10.14

15.82

13.56

80.26

96.95

18.73

13.60

 Obese

14.98

22.15

21.87

24.52

9.42

8.26

81.80

82.20

15.18

17.29

Community

 Urban

16.87

25.51

25.08

19.00

19.18

17.12

89.95

88.56

21.91

20.16

 Rural

11.19

14.18

11.00

8.45

11.70

11.29

73.74

77.99

11.74

10.08

Wealth quintile

 Q1 (Poorest 20%)

7.79

12.19

17.86

13.80

8.03

5.81

67.04

74.21

12.84

10.71

 Q2

12.77

16.81

14.65

10.88

12.59

9.68

72.48

58.81

14.00

11.45

 Q3

10.97

14.15

16.76

12.01

12.23

14.63

79.59

84.23

14.56

13.28

 Q4

14.84

22.63

17.76

13.54

17.44

14.32

83.26

95.93

17.42

15.31

 Q5 (Richest 20%)

25.37

39.11

22.06

14.71

22.55

23.01

99.16

87.54

23.30

20.72

Total participants, %

14.77

21.41

17.79

12.99

14.34

13.30

79.99

83.09

16.43

14.49

Overall, % (95% CI)

14.30

(13.67, 14.96)

18.61

(18.16, 19.06)

14.29

(13.87, 14.74)

81.10

(76.85, 84.73)

15.41

(15.22–15.60)

  1. All estimates were sampling weight adjusted. The percentage was presented by row wise