Cervical Cancer Screening in Canada: 1998 Surveillance Report

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Appendix E

Detailed Participation and Cytology Data

Table E1: Self Reported Pap Smear Usage Within Previous 3 Years, Among Women aged 20-69, Canada and Provinces, by 10 Year Age Group, 1998/99

Age Group	Can %	BC %	ALTA %	SASK %	MAN %	ON %	QUE %	NB %	NS %	PEI %	NFLD %
20-29	80	76	80	91	86	77	81	84	92	84	92
30-39	86	83	85	85	88	87	82	96	92	89	91
40-49	82	79	89	82	83	80	83	80	90	83	85
50-59	77	79	70	74	90	77	78	73	69	77	67
Total (20-69)	79	77	81	80	85	78	78	80	83	82	80

Source: National Population Health Survey, 1998/99

Table E2: Women Participating in Cervical Cancer Screening by Age Group and Province, 1998

Number of Women Participating
Age group	BC 1998	MAN 1998	ONTa 1998	NSb 1997	PEI 1998	NFLDb 1997
15-19	25,053	7,826	34,046	8,665	729	5,761
20-29	129,183	35,035	165,099	38,160	4,395	23,418
30-39	156,888	37,925	193,548	40,866	4,813	21,875
40-49	124,939	32,203	147,212	30,854	4,161	17,383
50-59	66,879	21,663	94,270	19,491	3,041	9,280
Total (15-69)	536,452	147,257	684,567	147,867	18,848	81,195

^aAs data capture in Ontario includes only 45% of all smears, numbers presented have been adjusted to represent the entire province.
^bMost recent data available are for 1997.

Source: Data compiled at Health Canada as provided by provincial programs and departments of health.

Table E3: Number of Women in Population by Age Group and Province, 1997-98

Number of Women in Population
Age group	BC 1998	MAN 1998	ONTa 1998	NSb 1997	PEI 1998	NFLDb 1997
15-19	128,720	38,924	361,024	31,084	5,069	21,736
20-29	275,045	76,127	776,867	64,004	9,023	41,013
30-39	335,846	87,346	984,163	78,959	10,574	46,224
40-49	321,045	82,655	876,454	72,396	10,065	44,436
50-59	220,503	58,252	623,738	50,970	7,494	29,365
60-69	156,696	43,878	464,609	37,946	5,432	20,118
Total (15-69)	1,437,855	387,182	4,086,855	335,359	47,657	202,892

Source: Data compiled at Health Canada as provided by Statistics Canada

Table E4: Women Participating in Cervical Cancer Screening by Age Group and Province, 1996-98

Number of Women
Age group	British Columbia 1996-98	Manitoba 1996-98	Nova Scotiaa 1995-97	Prince Edward Island 1996-98
20-29	216,520	58,104	58,882	6,996
30-39	264,004	66,736	65,871	8,077
40-49	210,234	56,532	51,290	7,198
50-59	111,819	36,729	31,031	5,013
60-69	61,722	23,292	17,157	2,960
Total (20-69)	864,299	241,393	224,231	30,244

^aMost recent data available are for 1995-1997
Source: Data compiled at Health Canada as provided by provincial programs and departments of health

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