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Table 2 Bivariate results for screening rates among patients with survey dataa

From: Using self-reported data on the social determinants of health in primary care to identify cancer screening disparities: opportunities and challenges

 

Colorectal cancer

Cervical cancer

Breast cancer

Overdue for colorectal screening, %

Up-to-date for colorectal screening, %

p-value

Overdue for cervical cancer screening, %

Up-to-date for cervical cancer screening, %

p-value

Overdue for breast cancer screening, %

Up-to-date for breast cancer screening, %

p-value

TOTAL

821

2207

 

853

3144

 

389

1132

 

Age categories

 20–29

– –

– –

<0.0001

16.9

15.1

<0.0001

– –

– –

0.141

 30–39

– –

– –

 

25.1

29.7

 

– –

– –

 

 40–49

– –

– –

 

19.2

25.3

 

– –

– –

 

 50–59

63.3

48.4

 

19.7

18.8

 

55.8

51.2

 

 60–69

28.6

38.8

 

19.1

11.0

 

31.4

36.9

 

 70+ years

8.0

12.8

 

– –

– –

 

12.9

11.8

 

 Age, mean (SD)

57.8(6.7)

60.6(6.8)

<0.0001

44.5(13.8)

42.7(12.1)

<0.0001

59.3(7.3)

60.1(6.7)

0.06

Sex

 Male

47.9

47.1

0.715

– –

– –

– –

– –

– –

– –

 Female

52.1

52.9

 

100.0

100.0

 

100.0

100.0

 

Immigrant status

 Foreign-born

37.1

42.6

0.008

43.0

40.3

0.171

42.1

45.3

0.287

 Canadian-born

62.9

57.4

 

57.0

59.7

 

57.9

54.7

 

Ethnicity

 White

68.6

68.4

0.934

54.9

56.4

0.455

66.7

64.0

0.372

 Other ethnicity

31.4

31.6

 

45.1

43.6

 

33.3

36.0

 

Neighbourhood income quintile

 Q1

23.3

23.7

0.692

26.3

23.1

0.062

26.0

20.8

0.219

 Q2

14.7

14.8

 

15.2

16.0

 

15.9

14.8

 

 Q3

15.5

14.7

 

15.7

15.2

 

16.7

16.4

 

 Q4

15.6

15.8

 

14.8

15.1

 

16.2

17.5

 

 Q5

22.0

25.2

 

17.4

21.6

 

20.3

24.2

 

Low-income cut-off, before taxes (LICO-BT)

 Below low-income cut-off

36.7

29.8

0.002

32.7

27.0

0.006

41.5

24.8

<0.0001

 Above low-income cut-off

63.3

70.2

 

67.3

73.0

 

58.5

75.2

 

Sexual orientation

 Heterosexual

83.0

83.4

0.845

91.1

92.8

0.099

93.2

95.4

0.115

 Gay/Bisexual/Lesbian/Queer/Two-Spirit/Other

17.0

16.6

 

8.9

7.2

 

6.8

4.6

 

What language would you feel most comfortable speaking in with your healthcare provider?

 English

95.3

95.5

0.828

93.9

93.6

0.779

95.6

94.7

0.488

 Other Language

4.7

4.5

 

6.1

6.4

 

4.4

5.3

 

Housing

 Own Home

49.1

56.3

<0.0001

40.1

48.6

<0.0001

49.0

60.6

<0.0001

 Renting Home

36.0

33.2

 

50.6

44.2

 

33.6

31.1

 

 Other

14.9

10.5

 

9.3

7.2

 

17.4

8.3

 
  1. aScreening rates reported as column percentages
  2. Statistically significant p-values were bolded