Table 3

Rates of influenza vaccination, mammography, and Papanicolaou smear obtained from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan database and the Canadian Community Health Survey data by socioeconomic quintile in Ontario in 2001: Those in quintile 1 had the lowest income and those in quintile 5 had the highest.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC QUINTILEINFLUENZA VACCINATION* (WITHIN THE PAST 2 Y)MAMMOGRAPHY (WITHIN THE PAST 2 Y)PAP SMEAR (WITHIN THE PAST 3 Y)
CCHS, %OHIP, %CCHS, %OHIP, %CCHS, %OHIP, %
138.5229.9644.3227.6567.2153.09
236.6529.2443.6729.6368.4957.25
337.6430.4345.6931.3770.8159.97
437.0330.8547.1933.1770.9960.03
538.0131.4850.934.476.0963.96
All Ontario37.730.346.631.170.858.9
  • * Influenza vaccination for codes G590, G591, G538, and G539.

  • Mammography among women 35 y and older.

  • Pap smear among women 18 y and older.

  • Data from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan and the Canadian Community Health Survey 2001.8