Sociodemographic gradients in breast and cervical cancer screening in Korea: the Korean National Cancer Screening Survey (KNCSS) 2005-2009

BMC Cancer

Research Article

Eun-Cheol Park¹  Jae Kwan Jun²  Hoo-Yeon Lee²  Mi Jin Park²  Kui Son Choi² 

[1] Department of Preventive Medicine & Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 250 Seongsan-no, 120-752, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea;National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, 111, Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, 410-769, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea;

关键词: Cervical Cancer;    Cancer Screening;    Cervical Cancer Screening;    Private Health Insurance;    Sociodemographic Factor;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2407-11-257

 received in 2010-10-04, accepted in 2011-06-17,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundCancer screening rates in Korea for five cancer types have increased steadily since 2002. With regard to the life-time cancer screening rates in 2009 according to cancer sites, the second highest was breast cancer (78.1%) and the third highest was cervical cancer (76.1%). Despite overall increases in the screening rate, disparities in breast and cervical cancer screening, based on sociodemographic characteristics, still exist.MethodsData from 4,139 women aged 40 to74 years from the 2005 to 2009 Korea National Cancer Screening Survey were used to analyze the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and receiving mammograms and Pap smears. The main outcome measures were ever having had a mammogram and ever having had a Pap smear. Using these items of information, we classified women into those who had had both types of screening, only one screening type, and neither screening type. We used logistic regression to investigate relationships between screening history and sociodemographic characteristics of the women.ResultsBeing married, having a higher education, a rural residence, and private health insurance were significantly associated with higher rates of breast and cervical cancer screening after adjusting for age and sociodemographic factors. Household income was not significantly associated with mammograms or Pap smears after adjusting for age and sociodemographic factors.ConclusionsDisparities in breast and cervical cancer screening associated with low sociodemographic status persist in Korea.

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