Mammograms (%)
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among American women.1 Mammography is the single most effective method of early detection and can identify breast cancer several years before the appearance of physical symptoms. Early detection of breast cancer greatly increases treatment options, the chances for successful treatment, and survival.2 Thus, it is critical that women have access to mammography services. Although the overall number of women who get mammograms is relatively high (and above the Healthy People benchmark) many women—particularly those who are uninsured, low income, or members of certain racial and ethnic minority groups—do not get mammograms at the same rate.3
What percentage of women age 40 and older have had a mammogram within the past two years?
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].
| State | State Overall Data | State Grade | State Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 74.1 | S | 35 |
| Alaska | 67.6 | F | 50 |
| Arizona | 77.4 | S | 18 |
| Arkansas | 70.9 | S | 43 |
| California | 78.9 | S | 13 |
| Colorado | 72.7 | S | 39 |
| Connecticut | 84.1 | S | 2 |
| Delaware | 82.3 | S | 5 |
| District of Columbia | 80.8 | S | 7 |
| Florida | 79.3 | S | 10 |
| Georgia | 78.9 | S | 13 |
| Hawaii | 78.7 | S | 15 |
| Idaho | 68.1 | F | 47 |
| Illinois | 75.8 | S | 28 |
| Indiana | 73.9 | S | 36 |
| Iowa | 76.5 | S | 21 |
| Kansas | 74.9 | S | 32 |
| Kentucky | 75.0 | S | 31 |
| Louisiana | 76.0 | S | 26 |
| Maine | 83.3 | S | 3 |
| Maryland | 77.0 | S | 19 |
| Massachusetts | 84.9 | S | 1 |
| Michigan | 79.2 | S | 11 |
| Minnesota | 79.1 | S | 12 |
| Mississippi | 69.0 | U | 45 |
| Missouri | 73.5 | S | 38 |
| Montana | 71.8 | S | 42 |
| Nebraska | 72.7 | S | 39 |
| Nevada | 68.0 | F | 48 |
| New Hampshire | 83.0 | S | 4 |
| New Jersey | 76.0 | S | 26 |
| New Mexico | 70.8 | S | 44 |
| New York | 79.9 | S | 9 |
| North Carolina | 78.5 | S | 16 |
| North Dakota | 76.9 | S | 20 |
| Ohio | 75.8 | S | 28 |
| Oklahoma | 68.9 | U | 46 |
| Oregon | 76.2 | S | 25 |
| Pennsylvania | 76.4 | S | 22 |
| Rhode Island | 81.8 | S | 6 |
| South Carolina | 74.9 | S | 32 |
| South Dakota | 75.4 | S | 30 |
| Tennessee | 74.3 | S | 34 |
| Texas | 72.6 | S | 41 |
| Utah | 67.8 | F | 49 |
| Vermont | 80.0 | S | 8 |
| Virginia | 78.2 | S | 17 |
| Washington | 76.3 | S | 23 |
| West Virginia | 73.7 | S | 37 |
| Wisconsin | 76.3 | S | 23 |
| Wyoming | 67.2 | F | 51 |
Data Source: Mammograms (%), 2008.
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), 2008, available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/index.asp and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science, Office on Women’s Health. Quick Health Data Online, 2010, Washington, DC, 2010, available at http://www.womenshealth.gov/quickhealthdata. The national overall number and national data by age are the median of 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data for race/ethnicity and age are two-year averages from 2006 and 2008 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard population. The following states included the question in 2007 and the data reported for these states represents three-year averages (Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Nevada, Tennessee, Virgin Islands, Wyoming).
Footnotes
1 U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group, United States Cancer Statistics, 1999–2006 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report, (Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute, 2010), available at: http://www.cdc.gov/uscs.
2 American Cancer Society, “Breast Cancer Facts and Figures,” 2009-2010, available at: http://www.cancer.org/Research/CancerFactsFigures/BreastCancerFactsFigur...
3 National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2009, (Hyattsville: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, 2009), 90, available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus09.pdf#086
