Proportion of Women Receiving Papanicolaou Test, Mammography, and Clinical Breast Examination, by Ethnicity, 1998 (N = 3,340)
| Cancer Screening Examination | Foreign-Born Latina % (n) | US-Born Latina % (n) | Non-Latina Whites % (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Note: Data derived from the 1998 California Women’s Health Survey weighted to make respondents statistically representative of all women in California according to age and race in accordance with the 1990 California population. Percentages may not total 100% due to missing responses. | |||
| * P values for utilization rates between ethnic and nativity groups are significant, P <.01. | |||
| † Foreign born Latina vs non-Latina White. | |||
| ‡ Foreign born Latina vs US-born Latina, P <0.05. | |||
| § US-born vs non-Latina White | |||
| || Foreign-born Latina vs US-born Latina. | |||
| Mammography | |||
| Recently screened (within 2 y)1 | 66 (147)† | 75 (119) | 78 (1168) |
| Never screened1 | 21 (48)†‡ | 12 (20) | 9 (132) |
| Clinical breast examination | |||
| Recently screened (within 2 y)1 | 66 (148)† | 73 (117)§ | 82 (1235) |
| Never screened1 | 24 (53)†|| | 11 (18)§ | 5 (69) |
| Papanicolaou smear | |||
| Recently screened (within 3 y) | 85 (559) | 85 (378) | 85 (2021) |
| Never screened1 | 9 (59)† | 7 (29)§ | 2 (63) |