Breast Cancer in California

Table 6.2


Percent of women who reported having had a screening mammogram by age, California, 1987-1994


Age18-2930-3940-4950-5960-6970-7980+
Percent Who Ever Had A Mammogram
19875.822.347.553.048.735.247.5
19887.722.459.867.668.057.943.5
198910.925.156.074.571.376.345.7
199011.232.269.271.074.373.851.6
199113.534.078.478.281.478.467.7
19929.426.073.382.379.582.266.6
199312.132.575.887.786.788.571.7
19949.727.679.084.084.989.874.7
Percent Who Had a Mammogram within the Last Two Years
19874.116.843.541.435.929.332.5
19885.620.055.059.058.151.037.1
198910.919.850.963.664.362.933.9
19909.026.660.963.964.662.828.5
199111.830.571.370.173.066.358.1
19929.621.660.874.268.874.156.6
19939.023.665.176.074.174.160.7
19947.620.566.375.574.378.455.1
Percent Who Had a Mammogram within the Last Year
19872.514.834.236.726.325.725.0
19885.015.446.845.347.340.432.1
19898.813.740.252.352.946.329.5
19906.923.341.853.655.754.226.4
19919.222.653.958.157.853.050.2
19924.615.046.062.059.160.039.0
19938.416.947.159.664.560.442.3
19945.611.548.858.858.861.347.2
Number of women
19872562291271041068430
198831034921911514010835
19893243061881311198749
199033135024113713411338
199137137422518614213346
199247652535322920816169
199341643237823518817374
199448148840124721317876


Excludes women whose most recent mammogram was done for a breast problem or cancer.

Source: California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Weighted to the 1990 California population.


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