Mammograms help detect breast cancer in its early stages; thus, it is critical that women have access to them. Although the overall number of women who get mammograms is increasing, many women—particularly those who are uninsured, older or members of certain racial and ethnic minority groups—do not get mammograms at the same rate. (1)
What percentage of women age 40 and older have had a mammogram within the past two years?1
The Report Card benchmark is the Healthy People 2010 goal that 70% of women age 40 and older receive mammograms every two years [Healthy People 2010 Objective 3-13].
Data Source: Mammograms (%), 2004
EXPLANATION:
This measure includes women age 40 and older in the non-institutionalized civilian population who reported that they did have a mammogram within the past two years.
SOURCE:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data (BRFSS), 2004, available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/index.asp. The national number is the median of 49 states and the District of Columbia, excluding Hawaii. The 2004 data from Hawaii are not available as part of the 2004 BRFSS aggregate dataset. The overall state number for Hawaii is from 2004 BRFSS data on the state’s website. Hawaii State Department of Health, Health Statistics, 2004 State of Hawaii Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, available at http://www.hawaii.gov/health/statistics/brfss/brfss2004/brfss04.html. Data for age at the national level are from 2004 and are from BRFSS (see above). Data for race/ethnicity and age are two-year averages from 2002 and 2004 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard population. Note that data for race/ethnicity reported in the Asian/Pacific Islander column reflect only Asian data for 49 states and the District of Columbia and reflects only Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander data for Hawaii. A small number of states included the question in 2003. For those states, the data from 2003 are included and the data reported represents three-year averages (Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Wyoming). Data for race/ethnicity and age for Hawaii are reported as two-year averages from 2002-2003. National Center for Health Statistics, Health Data for All Ages: Health Care Access and Use, Health Status and Disability, and Health Conditions and Risk Factors Tables, available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/health_data_for_all_ages.htm.