QuickStats: Percentage of Women Aged 50–74 Years Who Had a Mammogram Within the Preceding 2 Years by Family Income — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2021

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Authors: Nazik Elgaddal, MS, and Cynthia Reuben, MA

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In 2021, 76.0% of women aged 50–74 years reported that they had a mammogram within the preceding 2 years.

The percentage of women who had a mammogram within the preceding 2 years increased with family income, from 67.7% of women with family income <200% of federal poverty level (FPL), to 74.3% of women with income 200% to <400% of FPL, and 81.5% of those with income ≥400% of FPL.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7207a6.htm

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.