Table 1a: Women age 40 and over who report they had a mammogram within the past 2 yearsa, by race, United States, 2000

      Single Race Only    
  Total AI/AN Asian NHOPI Black White >1 Race
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                             
Total 70.3 0.6 48.9 6.5 55.6 4.7 * * 67.8 1.6 71.4 0.6 69.1 6.5
                             
Age (not age adjusted)                            
    40-64 71.3 0.7 48.4 7.8 51.8 4.8 * * 68.6 1.9 72.8 0.8 70.3 7.8
    65 and over 68.0 0.9 * * * * * * 65.4 2.9 68.3 1.0 * *
                             
Health insurance                            
    Persons under age 65 75.8 0.7 * * 58.7 5.0 * * 75.5 1.8 76.6 0.8 * *
      Private 76.9 0.7 * * 57.8 5.7 * * 78.2 2.1 77.4 0.8 * *
      Public 64.7 2.1 * * * * * * 64.5 3.9 65.1 2.8 * *
      Uninsured 41.6 1.9 * * * * * * 42.9 4.0 42.5 2.3 * *
    Persons age 65 and over 67.9 0.9 * * * * * * 64.7 2.8 68.3 1.0 * *
      Medicare and any private 71.7 1.0 * * * * * * 72.7 5.4 71.8 1.1 * *
      Medicare and any public 58.9 2.5 * * * * * * 68.7 4.2 55.9 3.2 * *
      Medicare only 62.3 2.0 * * * * * * 56.9 4.7 62.9 2.2 * *
                             
Family income                            
    < 100% of poverty level 55.2 1.9 * * * * * * 56.9 3.2 54.0 2.4 * *
    100-199% of poverty level 56.0 1.6 * * * * * * 60.8 2.9 55.2 1.9 * *
    200-399% of poverty level 69.2 1.1 * * * * * * 71.9 3.1 70.0 1.2 * *
    ≥ 400% of poverty level 81.4 1.0 * * 73.8 5.5 * * 79.5 3.7 81.7 1.0 * *
                             
Education (age 25 and over)                            
    Less than high school graduate 57.0 1.4 * * * * * * 58.5 3.2 56.8 1.7 * *
    High school graduate 68.9 0.9 * * * * * * 70.3 2.6 69.3 1.0 * *
    At least some college 76.2 0.7 * * 49.7 7.4 * * 71.9 2.6 77.2 0.7 * *
                             
Residence location                            
    Urban (MSA) 71.0 0.7 * * 56.5 4.9 * * 67.8 1.6 72.4 0.7 65.2 7.1
    Rural (Non-MSA) 68.6 1.1 * * * * * * 67.7 4.9 69.2 1.1 * *
                             

aMeasure is age adjusted.

*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Table 1b Racial and ethnic differences

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