An update on mammography use in Canada. Health reports / Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Health Information = Rapports sur la santé / Statistique Canada, Centre canadien d'information sur la santé [Health Rep] Journal article | | Title | An update on mammography use in Canada. | | Author(s) | Shields M, Wilkins K | | Institution | Health Analysis Division at Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6. Margot.Shields@statcan.gc.ca | | Source | Health Rep 2009 Sep; 20(3):7-19. | | Abstract | BACKGROUND: This article updates mammography use by Canadian women aged 50 to 69, and reports trends from 1990 to 2008 among the provinces. Characteristics of non-users are examined. DATA SOURCES AND
METHODS: Data from the 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) were used to update mammography use and to examine factors associated with non-use. Historical estimates were produced using the 2000/2001,2003 and 2005 CCHS, the 1994/1995, 1996/1997 and 1998/1999 National Population Health Survey and the 1990 Health Promotion Survey. Frequency estimates, cross-tabulations and logistic regression analysis were used.
RESULTS: In 2008, 72% of women aged 50 to 69 reported having had a mammogram in the past two years, up from 40% in 1990. The increase occurred from 1990 to 2000/2001; rates then stabilized. Between 1990 and 2000/2001, the difference in participation between women in the highest and lowest income quintiles gradually narrowed-from a 26- to a 12-percentage-point difference. In 2008, the disparity widened to 18 percentage points. Non-use was high in British Columbia, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut. Non-use was associated with being an immigrant, living in a lower income household, not having a regular doctor and smoking. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19813435 |
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