2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report, Appendix D: Data Tables. Table 3c

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Table 3c
Women age 18 and over who report they had a Pap smear within the past 3 years^a, by family income^b, United States, 2003

Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		79.2	0.4	68.8	1.3	73.0	1.1	79.5	0.8	85.4	0.8
Age (not age adjusted)	18-44	83.9	0.5	76.2	2.0	80.6	1.4	85.0	1.1	90.2	0.9
	45-64	81.3	0.7	65.5	2.6	70.3	2.4	79.9	1.5	87.7	0.9
	65 and over	60.8	1.0	52.4	3.2	54.1	2.1	61.9	2.1	71.2	2.6
Race	AI/AN only	84.3	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Asian only	67.8	2.6	44.9	6.9	65.9	6.9	72.4	4.4	72.9	4.8
	NHOPI only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Black only	82.8	0.9	77.2	2.1	82.0	2.1	85.4	2.0	89.6	2.8
	White only	79.1	0.4	67.4	1.5	71.2	1.2	78.9	0.9	85.7	0.8
	Multiple races	79.4	3.6	65.3	6.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Hispanic (all races)	74.6	1.1	69.5	2.3	70.2	2.3	75.9	2.4	81.7	3.3
	Non-Hispanic, all races	80.0	0.4	69.0	1.5	74.4	1.2	80.0	0.8	85.7	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	82.6	1.0	76.7	2.1	82.0	2.1	85.4	2.0	88.9	3.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	80.2	0.5	67.4	1.9	72.6	1.4	79.6	0.9	86.1	0.8
Health insurance^c, age 18-64	Private	86.8	0.5	79.2	2.9	83.1	1.6	85.4	1.0	88.6	0.8
	Public	83.1	1.0	79.5	1.8	81.7	2.2	91.7	2.4	90.2	4.0
	Uninsured	65.8	1.2	62.0	2.4	66.8	2.3	65.9	2.5	72.5	3.9
Health insurance, age 65and over	Medicare and private	62.7	1.2	50.5	5.9	55.8	2.7	63.3	2.4	69.7	2.8
	Medicare and public	60.9	2.6	52.6	4.4	54.1	6.3	*	*	*	*
	Medicare only	56.5	2.0	53.5	5.8	51.4	3.4	59.3	4.6	*	*
Education (age 25 and over)	Less than high school	67.7	1.1	62.0	2.0	67.3	2.2	67.7	2.8	73.5	5.7
	High school graduate	77.5	0.7	67.0	2.6	72.3	1.9	80.4	1.4	82.6	1.8
	At least some college	84.7	0.5	76.4	2.4	76.3	1.9	81.6	1.0	89.0	0.7
Residence location	Urban	79.2	0.4	70.0	1.5	73.4	1.2	79.8	0.9	84.7	0.9
Residence location	Rural	79.4	0.8	66.6	2.6	72.3	2.1	78.5	1.7	87.4	1.4

^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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