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Section III

Risk Factors and Use of Preventive Services, United States

NOTE: This document is provided for historical purposes only.

Lack of Mammography Screening

Mammography is the best available method to detect breast cancer in its earliest, most treatable stage, which on average is 1 to 3 years before a woman can feel a lump. Mammography also locates cancers too small to be felt during a clinical breast examination. Women aged 40 years and older should have a screening mammogram every 1 to 2 years.

Timely mammography screening among women aged 40 or older can prevent approximately 16% of all deaths from breast cancer, and the risk reduction associated with screening increases as women get older.
In 2002, 20% of American women aged 50 years or older reported that they had not had a mammogram in the previous 2 years.
In 2002, the prevalence of not having had a mammogram during the previous 2 years among women aged 50 years or older ranged from 12% in Rhode Island to 31% in Arkansas.

Percentage of Women Aged 50 Years or Older Who Reported Not Having Had a Mammogram in the Previous 2 Years, 2002

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

[A text description of this map is also available.]

Percentage of Women Aged 50 Years or Older Who Reported Not Having Had a Mammogram in the Previous 2 Years, by Race and Ethnicity, 2002

State	Total	White	Black^*	Asian/ Pacific Islander^*	American Indian/ Alaska Native^*	Hispanic^*	Multiracial^*

ALABAMA	19.9	21.2	14.6	-	-	-	-
ALASKA	17.7	18.0	-	-	15.4	-	-
ARIZONA	18.8	19.4	-	-	-	18.3	-
ARKANSAS	30.9	30.3	35.2	-	-	-	-
CALIFORNIA	18.0	16.4	-	-	-	17.3	-
COLORADO	21.3	20.7	-	-	-	26.1	-
CONNECTICUT	15.5	13.9	-	-	-	-
DELAWARE	12.8	13.7	6.3	-	-	-	-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	15.6	18.5	14.3	-	-	-	-
FLORIDA	19.4	17.5	21.2	-	-	30.6	-
GEORGIA	20.7	20.0	23.3	-	-	-	-
HAWAII	26.5	24.3	-	28.6	-	-	23.5
IDAHO	28.8	28.3	-	-	-	-	-
ILLINOIS	23.1	21.8	20.6	-	-	-	-
INDIANA	23.5	23.7	14.9	-	-	-	-
IOWA	20.1	20.4	-	-	-	-	-
KANSAS	19.2	19.4	-	-	-	-	-
KENTUCKY	21.4	21.8	10.5	-	-	-	-
LOUISIANA	20.1	19.9	19.9	-	-	-	-
MAINE	15.3	15.1	-	-	-	-	-
MARYLAND	16.3	16.7	14.9	-	-	-	-
MASSACHUSETTS	14.5	14.1	-	-	-	12.3	-
MICHIGAN	18.7	18.5	18.0	-	-	-	-
MINNESOTA	16.1	15.8	-	-	-	-	-
MISSISSIPPI	28.7	27.7	30.3	-	-	-	-
MISSOURI	24.1	24.4	14.8	-	-	-	-
MONTANA	23.8	23.9	-	-	9.7	-	-
NEBRASKA	23.5	23.2	-	-	-	-	-
NEVADA	22.1	23.3	-	-	-	-	-
NEW HAMPSHIRE	17.8	17.3	-	-	-	-	-
NEW JERSEY	21.3	23.6	7.0	-	-	22.1	-
NEW MEXICO	24.7	25.2	-	-	-	24.9	-
NEW YORK	17.9	18.0	9.3	-	-	15.9	-
NORTH CAROLINA	16.6	17.0	13.3	-	-	-	-
NORTH DAKOTA	19.9	19.6	-	-	-	-	-
OHIO	20.6	21.4	9.9	-	-	-
OKLAHOMA	28.6	28.9	32.0	-	20.2	-	21.7
OREGON	18.8	19.3	-	-	-	-	-
PENNSYLVANIA	21.1	21.4	20.6	-	-	8.2	-
RHODE ISLAND	11.9	11.4	-	-	-	-	-
SOUTH CAROLINA	20.3	21.9	17.1	-	-	-	-
SOUTH DAKOTA	20.3	20.1	-	-	-	-	-
TENNESSEE	23.3	22.8	22.2	-	-	-	-
TEXAS	25.3	24.5	25.1	-	-	29.3	-
UTAH	24.7	24.3	-	-	-	-	-
VERMONT	18.6	18.1	-	-	-	-	-
VIRGINIA	22.5	23.1	17.2	-	-	-	-
WASHINGTON	21.2	20.4	-	-	-	-	-
WEST VIRGINIA	24.2	24.2	-	-	-	-	-
WISCONSIN	17.7	17.7	12.5	-	-	-	-
WYOMING	27.8	27.2	-	-	-	-	-

UNITED STATES	20.4	20.1	18.2	27.0	24.5	21.2	23.5

^† A dash indicates that the state sample had too few respondents (fewer than 50) in this category to calculate a stable estimate.
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Page last reviewed: October 31, 2005
Page last modified: October 31, 2005
Archive Date: April 8, 2008

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