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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.

Women Aged 40 Years and Older, 1998 (unless noted)

Mammogram

Percent

TOTAL

67

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

45

Asian or Pacific Islander

61

Asian

61

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific lslander

DSU

Black or African American

66

White

67

 

Hispanic or Latino

61

Not Hispanic or Latino

68

Black or African American

66

White

68

Education level

Less than high school

53

High school graduate

66

At least some college

73

Family income level

Poor

50

Near Poor

54

Middle/high income

73

Geographic location

Urban

68

Rural

65

Disability status

Persons with activity limitations

55 (1994)

Persons without activity limitations

61 (1994)

DNA = Data have not been analyzed.  DNC = Data are not collected.  DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.