Demographic and clinical characteristics of females aged 21 to 69 eligible for Pap tests in 2015
CHARACTERISTIC | PRIMARY CARE VISITS IN 2015, n | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0* | 1-3* | >3* | |
| Female patients, n | 25,111 | 41,975 | 58,172 |
| Depression, n (%) | |||
| • Yes | 3105 (12.37) | 5058 (12.05) | 12,432 (21.37) |
| • No | 22,006 (87.63) | 36,917 (87.95) | 45,740 (78.63) |
| Age range, n (%) | |||
| • 21-45 | 15,089 (60.09) | 21,858 (52.07) | 24,098 (41.43) |
| • 46-69 | 10,022 (39.91) | 20,117 (47.93) | 34,074 (58.57) |
| Patient location, n (%) | |||
| • Rural | 4020 (16.01) | 7987 (19.03) | 12,484 (21.46) |
| • Urban | 21,091 (83.99) | 33,988 (80.97) | 45,688 (78.54) |
| Material deprivation index, n (%) | |||
| • 1 (least) | 7859 (31.30) | 13,347 (31.80) | 15,475 (26.60) |
| • 2 | 6583 (26.22) | 11,595 (27.62) | 16,217 (27.88) |
| • 3 | 4633 (18.45) | 7841 (18.68) | 11,338 (19.49) |
| • 4 | 3456 (13.76) | 5618 (13.38) | 8823 (15.17) |
| • 5 (most) | 2580 (10.27) | 3574 (8.51) | 6319 (10.86) |
| Social deprivation index, n (%) | |||
| • 1 (least) | 5808 (23.13) | 9986 (23.79) | 12,154 (20.89) |
| • 2 | 5639 (22.46) | 10,170 (24.23) | 14,317 (24.61) |
| • 3 | 4744 (18.89) | 8140 (19.39) | 11,443 (19.67) |
| • 4 | 4339 (17.28) | 7108 (16.93) | 10,002 (17.19) |
| • 5 (most) | 4581 (18.24) | 6571 (15.65) | 10,256 (17.63) |
| Presence of chronic disease, n (%)† | |||
| • None | 21,850 (87.01) | 33,776 (80.47) | 35,631 (61.25) |
| • 1 | 2664 (10.16) | 6813 (16.23) | 15,510 (26.66) |
| • ≥2 | 597 (2.38) | 1386 (3.30) | 7031 (12.09) |
CPCSSN—Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network, Pap—Papanicolaou.
↵* Number of encounters with primary care in 2015, excluding any visits where Pap tests were completed (outcome).
↵† Includes CPCSSN-validated comorbidities only (hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, depression, osteoarthritis, dementia, epilepsy, Parkinson disease).18