Mammogram

¹ National Cancer Institute, “Mammograms,” August 2009, available at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/mammograms, accessed September 24, 2010.

² “An estimated 8%–11% of U.S. women of screening age are eligible to receive NBCCEDP services. Federal guidelines establish an eligibility baseline to direct services to uninsured and underinsured women at or below 250% of federal poverty level; ages 18–64 for cervical screening; ages 40–64 for breast screening.” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, “National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: About the Program,” December 3, 2009, available at http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/about.htm, accessed September 24, 2010.

³ The Report Card uses annual screenings for women age 40 and older as its standard to determine whether states meet the policy because it is the age at which the American Cancer Society recommends women begin annual mammograms. American Cancer Society, “Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer,” 2010, available at http://www.cancer.org/Healthy/FindCancerEarly/CancerScreeningGuidelines/... April 1, 2010.