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Footnotes

¹ American Cancer Society, “ Cervical Cancer: Prevention and Early Detection,” undated, available at http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_6X_Cervical_Cancer_Preve..., accessed September 21, 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, 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 21, 2010.

³ Georgia was graded incorrectly in the 2007 Report Card.  It should have received a "meets policy" instead of a "no policy." Since there is no change in the individual state law for this state, the comparison with 2007 is based on the underlying data, that is, there is no change from 2007.

⁴ North Carolina was graded incorrectly in the 2007 Report Card.  It should have received a "meets policy" instead of a "no policy." Since there is no change in the individual state law for this state, the comparison with 2007 is based on the underlying data, that is, there is no change from 2007.

⁵ Tennessee was graded incorrectly in the 2007 Report Card.  It should have received a "weak policy" instead of a "no policy." Since there is no change in the individual state law for this state, the comparison with 2007 is based on the underlying data, that is, there is no change from 2007.