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Table 1c
Women age 40 and over who report they had a mammogram within the past 2 yearsa, by family incomeb, United States, 2003
Population group Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   69.5 0.5 54.2 1.8 59.9 1.7 70.6 1.1 77.4 1.0
Age (not age adjusted) 40-64 70.5 0.7 53.5 2.2 58.6 2.3 68.9 1.4 79.3 1.0
65 and over 67.7 1.0 55.6 3.0 62.7 2.0 74.8 1.8 75.3 2.4
Race AI/AN only * * * * * * * * * *
Asian only 58.2 3.7 * * * * * * 63.6 4.3
NHOPI only * * * * * * * * * *
Black only 69.9 1.5 60.0 3.1 68.7 3.4 72.5 3.4 79.9 4.4
White only 69.9 0.6 54.1 2.1 57.9 1.9 70.3 1.2 77.7 1.1
Multiple races 67.7 5.0 * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Hispanic (all races) 65.1 1.7 61.4 3.4 64.0 3.3 66.0 3.8 70.1 5.6
Non-Hispanic, all races 70.0 0.6 52.8 2.0 58.9 1.9 71.0 1.2 77.7 1.0
Non-Hispanic, Black 70.0 1.5 59.5 3.1 68.7 3.5 72.9 3.4 82.6 3.8
Non-Hispanic, White 70.4 0.6 51.8 2.6 56.1 2.3 70.7 1.3 78.0 1.1
Health insurancec, age 40-64 Private 76.0 0.7 55.0 5.3 65.8 3.1 73.1 1.4 80.7 1.0
Public 66.4 2.0 62.4 3.1 66.1 4.7 78.1 4.7 72.5 6.0
Uninsured 42.0 1.8 40.8 3.7 46.5 3.7 40.1 3.8 35.1 6.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare and private 72.6 1.1 63.4 5.2 69.8 2.5 77.9 2.0 75.3 2.6
Medicare and public 64.9 2.6 57.0 4.3 58.0 6.3 * * * *
Medicare only 58.2 1.9 50.4 5.5 57.2 3.3 62.1 4.5 * *
Education Less than high school 58.3 1.4 52.3 2.5 56.2 3.3 61.4 3.6 64.3 5.0
High school graduate 67.2 1.0 54.2 3.7 59.2 2.7 72.3 1.8 73.4 2.0
At least some college 75.2 0.7 60.2 3.2 63.6 2.8 71.9 1.5 80.8 1.1
Residence location Urban 69.6 0.6 56.2 2.1 60.8 1.9 69.7 1.3 76.6 1.2
Rural 69.2 1.0 48.7 3.4 58.5 3.1 72.6 2.2 79.2 1.8

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

b Negative or poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

c A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.

* 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 only; SE: Standard error.

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

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