Table 1.

Prevalence of abnormal Papanicolaou test results for female patients 15 y and older

VARIABLENO. OF POSITIVE RESULTS (NO. OF AVAILABLE RESULTS)PREVALENCE, %P VALUE
Total31 (284)11
Age group, y.09
  • 15–297 (82)9
  • 30–4418 (158)11
  • 45–593 (37)8
  • ≥ 603 (7)43
Region8.028
  • Africa11 (120)9
  • Americas*2 (24)8
  • Asia†12 (47)26
  • Eastern
Mediterranean		1 (21)5
  • Europe5 (72)7

  • ↵* Excludes patients born in Canada and the United States.

  • ↵† Asia region includes World Health Organization regions8 of South-East Asia and the Western Pacific.