Table 2: Participants appropriately screened for cervical cancer by level of disability and sociodemographic characteristics (n = 22 824)
CharacteristicNo. screened/no. in group (%)p value*
No disability
n = 15 224
Yes disability
n = 7 600
Moderate disability
n = 4 242
Severe disability
n = 3 358
Age, yr
≤ 291 951/2 945(66.2)576/892(64.6)392/567(69.1)184/325(56.6) 0.363
30–392 854/4 106(69.5)751/1 166(64.4)492/734(67.0)259/432(60.0) < 0.001
40–492 002/3 029(66.1)903/1 492(60.5)559/874(64.0)344/618(55.7) < 0.001
50–591 599/2 748(58.2)1 056/2 000(52.8)580/1 031(56.3)476/969(49.1) < 0.001
60–691 143/2 396(47.7)787/2 050(38.4)448/1 036(43.2)339/1 014(33.4) < 0.001
Country of birth
Canada7 507/11 899(63.1)3 326/6 222(53.5)1 999/3 408(58.7)1 327/2 814(47.2) < 0.001
Other1 827/2 967(61.6)681/1 253(54.3)433/756(57.3)248/497(50.0) < 0.001
Education
Less than secondary621/1 369(45.4)454/1 201(37.8)239/549(43.5)215/652(33.0) 0.232
Secondary/some postsecondary2 256/3 788(59.6)1 004/1 935(51.9)579/1 063(54.5)425/872(48.7) 0.001
Postsecondary6 653/10 028(66.3)2 602/4 438(58.6)1 647/2 620(62.9)955/1 818(52.5) < 0.001
Household income, $
< 30 0001 127/2 170(51.9)843/1 993(42.3)411/879(46.8)432/1 114(38.8) < 0.001
30 000–59 9992 368/4 056(58.4)1 098/2 129(51.6)670/1 171(57.2)428/958(44.7) < 0.001
60 000–99 9992 837/4 288(66.2)1 076/1 731(62.2)706/1 104(63.9)370/627(59.0) 0.003
≥ 100 0002 583/3 569(72.4)772/1 149(67.2)520/761(68.3)252/388(64.9) 0.001
Marital status
Married/common law6 374/9 756(65.3)2 444/4 339(56.3)1 542/2 544(60.6)902/1 795(50.3) < 0.001
Widowed/single2 216/3 821(58.0)1 029/2 036(50.5)619/1 110(55.8)410/926(44.3) < 0.001
Separated/divorced956/1 643(58.2)598/1 222(48.9)309/587(52.6)289/635(45.5) < 0.001
Chronic conditions
06 948/10 744(64.5)1 561/2 502(62.4)1 091/1 682(64.9)470/820(57.3) 0.049
11 922/3 178(60.5)1 327/2 350(56.5)815/1 368(59.6)512/982(52.1) 0.003
> 2679/1 272(53.4)1 185/2 748(43.1)565/1 192(47.4)620/1 556(39.8) < 0.001
Rurality index
0–9 (large urban)5 597/8 377(66.8)2 223/3 878(57.3)1 363/2 200(62.0)860/1 678(51.3) < 0.001
10–44 (small urban)2 997/5 001(59.9)1 464/2 771(52.8)874/1 513(57.8)590/1 258(46.9) < 0.001
> 45 (rural)780/1 674(46.6)346/862(40.1)206/467(44.1)140/395(35.4) < 0.001

*p values represent comparison between “no disability” and “yes disability.”