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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of women screened after invitation and women undergoing routine or sporadic opportunistic testing

From: Impact of opportunistic testing in a systematic cervical cancer screening program: a nationwide registry study

Variables

Screened after invitation1

Routine opportunistic testing2

Sporadic opportunistic testing3

n = 514,833

n = 149,778

n = 58,590

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age (years)

23–28

104,488

20.3

36,357

24.3

10,417

17.8

29–34

93,912

18.2

36,896

24.6

13,004

22.2

35–42

158,989

30.9

44,098

29.4

18,280

31.2

43–49

157,444

30.6

32,427

21.7

16,889

28.8

Residential region

North Denmark

40,778

7.9

16,649

11.1

6,658

11.4

Central Denmark

113,977

22.1

33,259

22.2

12,088

20.6

Region of Southern Denmark

109,159

21.2

25,485

17.0

9,647

16.5

Capital Region of Denmark

167,310

32.5

50,859

34.0

23,016

39.3

Region Sealand

72,537

14.1

18,076

12.1

5,174

8.8

Ethnicity

Danish

464,711

90.3

129,550

86.5

52,621

89.8

Western immigrants

18,739

3.6

8,032

5.4

1,887

3.2

Non-western immigrants

19,910

3.9

6,585

4.4

2,011

3.4

Marital status

Single

125,215

24.3

44,120

29.5

16,965

29.0

Married/registered partnership

260,265

50.6

65,625

43.8

27,702

47.3

Cohabitating

100,092

19.4

34,782

23.2

12,347

21.1

Occupation

      

Employed

383,011

74.4

102,797

68.6

42,606

72.7

Self-employed/chief executive

23,786

4.6

6,736

4.5

3,047

5.2

Unemployed/benefits4

41,633

8.1

14,547

9.7

5,607

9.6

Retired

2

0.0

NA

NA

NA

NA

Social welfare recipients

15,902

3.1

8,047

5.4

2,307

3.9

Other

33,283

6.5

10,825

7.2

2,714

4.6

Education (years)

      

≤10

89,436

17.4

28,750

19.2

10,278

17.5

11–15

213,607

41.5

54,818

36.6

22,267

38.0

>15

184,185

35.8

53,984

36.0

22,845

39.0

  1. Numbers and proportion vary because of missing data.
  2. 1) Cervical cytology obtained within 270 days after latest invitation.
  3. 2) Cervical cytology obtained between 271 days to 3 years after latest invitation or 2.5 to 3 years after latest cervical cytology.
  4. 3) Cervical cytology obtained less than 2.5 years after latest cervical cytology.
  5. 4) State benefits in relation to sickness, education, leave benefits, disability pension, and student grants