Table 1 Demographic and socio-economic factors associated with attendance at breast screening
From: Using record linkage to monitor equity and variation in screening programmes
No Invited (%Pop) | No Attended (%Uptake) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Age at census | ≤ 49 | 4,249 (11.5) | 2,978 (70.1) |
50-54 | 12,902 (34.8) | 10,075 (78.1) | |
55-59 | 11,888 (32.1) | 9,084 (76.4) | |
60-64 | 8,020 (21.6) | 5,684 (70.9) | |
Marital Status | Married | 26,967 (72.8) | 21,029 (78.0) |
Never married | 2,774 ( 7.5) | 1,851 (66.7) | |
Sep/Wid/Div | 7,318 (19.8) | 4,941 (67.5) | |
National Statistics Socio-economic Classification | H/L Prof/Manual | 9,198 (24.8) | 7,124 (77.5) |
Intermediate | 5,555 (15.0) | 4,297 (77.4) | |
Own Account | 1,958 ( 5.3) | 1,527 (78.0) | |
Lower Supervisory | 2,058 ( 5.6) | 1,557 (75.7) | |
Routine | 15,775 (42.6) | 11,708 (74.2) | |
Other-U/E | 2,515 ( 6.8) | 1,608 (63.9) | |
Car Access | 2 and over | 16,116 (43.5) | 12,948 (80.3) |
1 car | 15,442 (41.7) | 11,567 (74.9) | |
No car | 5,501 (14.8) | 3,306 (60.1) | |
Housing tenure | Owner | 30,044 (81.1) | 23,446 (78.0) |
Private rent | 1,340 ( 3.6) | 897 (66.9) | |
Social rent | 5,675 (15.3) | 3,478 (61.3) | |
Education | Degree+ | 4,138 (11.2) | 3,203 (77.4) |
To A-Level | 1,411 ( 3.8) | 1,068 (75.7) | |
To GCSE | 8,676 (23.4) | 6,791 (78.3) | |
None | 22,834 (61.6) | 16,759 (73.4) | |
General Health | Good | 19,101 (51.5) | 14,826 (77.6) |
Fairly good | 10,616 (28.7) | 7,994 (75.3) | |
Not good | 7,342 (19.8) | 5,001 (68.1) | |
Limiting long term illness | No | 25,245 (68.1) | 19,471 (77.1) |
Yes | 11,814 (31.9) | 8,350 (70.7) | |
Residence | Urban | 14,640 (39.5) | 10,107 (69.0) |
Intermediate | 12,399 (33.5) | 9,666 (78.0) | |
Rural | 10,020 (27.0) | 8,048 (80.3) |