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3-13. Mammograms

NO CHANGE IN OBJECTIVE
(Data updated and footnoted)
3-13. Increase the proportion of women aged 40 years and older who have received a mammogram within the preceding 2 years.
Target: 70 percent.
Baseline: 67 percent of women aged 40 years and older received a mammogram within the preceding 2 years in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source : National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.

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