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Table 1.3a: Percent of women age 18 and over who report they had a Pap smear within the past 3 years, United States, 2000

Population group Percenta Standard error
     
Total 81.4 0.4
     
Age (not age adjusted)    
    18-44 84.9 0.5
    45-64 84.6 0.6
    65 and over 64.7 1.0
     
Race    
    American Indian or Alaska Native only 76.4 5.7
    Asian or Pacific Islander only 65.8 2.8
      Asian only 65.7 2.8
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only DSU DSU
    Black or African American only 84.1 0.8
    White only 81.8 0.4
    More than one race 78.6 4.0
     
Ethnicity    
    Hispanic 76.5 1.1
    Total, non-Hispanic 82.0 0.4
      Black or African American 84.1 0.8
      White 82.5 0.4
     
Health insurance    
    Persons under age 65 87.5 0.4
      Private 87.5 0.4
      Public 85.7 1.1
      Uninsured 69.8 1.2
    Persons age 65 and over (not age adjusted) 64.7 1.0
      Medicare + any private 67.9 1.2
      Medicare + any public 58.9 2.9
      Medicare only 58.9 2.0
     
Family income    
    < 100% of poverty level 72.5 1.2
    100-199% of poverty level 75.1 1.0
    200-399% of poverty level 80.9 0.8
    ≥400% of poverty level 87.7 0.7
    Unknown 80.4 0.7
     
Education (persons age 25 and over)    
    Less than high school 73.8 1.0
    High school graduate 81.0 0.6
    At least some college 86.4 0.5
     
Residence location    
    MSA 81.9 0.4
    Non-MSA 80.4 0.7
     

a Percents are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

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

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

 

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