Titre : | Breast cancer screening in the United States and Canada, 1994 : Socioeconomic gradients persist. (2000) |
Auteurs : | S.J. KATZ ; T.P. HOFER ; J.K. ZEMENCUK ; Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research. Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development Field Program. Ann Arbor. MI. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 90, n° 5, 2000) |
Pagination : | 799-803 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Cancer ; Sein ; Homme ; Femme ; Dépistage ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Canada ; Epidémiologie ; Etude comparée ; Facteur socioéconomique ; Glande mammaire [pathologie] ; Amérique du Nord |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST zF4R0x8T. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study compared rates of annual mammography screening across socioeconomic status between the United States and Canada in 1994. Methods. Population-based cross-sectional surveys were used to compare the rates. Results. Screening rates were higher in the United States than in Canada for women aged 50 to 69 years (47.3% vs 38.8% ; P<. women with higher education and incomes were more likely to receive screening in both countries no significant differences between countries. conclusions. for aged years rates canada have substantially increased relative those the united states. however disparities across levels of socioeconomic status persist> |