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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of females who get screened for cervical cancer — C‑09 Data

National Status: Little or no detectable change

  
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Most Recent Data:
73.9 percent (2021) *

National Target:
79.2 percent  1  *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

National Baseline:
75.0 percent of females aged 21 to 65 years received a cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines in 2019 2 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines, 2019-2021 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
Total
75.0
CI 73.9 / 76.2
SE 0.598
73.9
CI 72.7 / 75.1
SE 0.624

Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines by Race/Ethnicity, 2019-2021 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
American Indian or Alaska Native only
DSU
54.8
CI 40.7 / 68.3
SE 6.766
Asian only
65.3
CI 60.5 / 69.8
SE 2.306
62.8
CI 58.4 / 67.1
SE 2.139
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
DSU
DSU
Black or African American only
75.5
CI 72.2 / 78.6
SE 1.611
72.6
CI 69.0 / 75.9
SE 1.734
White only
76.9
CI 75.5 / 78.2
SE 0.672
76.8
CI 75.3 / 78.3
SE 0.747
2 or more races
78.6
CI 70.9 / 85.0
SE 3.341
71.7
CI 63.6 / 78.9
SE 3.797
Hispanic or Latino
68.9
CI 65.8 / 71.9
SE 1.559
67.4
CI 64.5 / 70.2
SE 1.447
Not Hispanic or Latino
76.5
CI 75.3 / 77.8
SE 0.642
75.5
CI 74.2 / 76.9
SE 0.687
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
64.0
CI 49.6 / 76.8
SE 5.858
53.8
CI 38.6 / 68.5
SE 7.353
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
65.5
CI 60.7 / 70.1
SE 2.324
62.7
CI 58.3 / 67.0
SE 2.147
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
DSU
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
75.6
CI 72.2 / 78.8
SE 1.643
72.9
CI 69.2 / 76.3
SE 1.790
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
78.3
CI 76.9 / 79.7
SE 0.715
78.3
CI 76.7 / 79.9
SE 0.801
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
79.6
CI 71.3 / 86.5
SE 3.600
75.4
CI 67.3 / 82.4
SE 3.766

Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines by Age group, 2019-2021 † ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
21-44 years
75.2
CI 73.6 / 76.6
SE 0.765
73.8
CI 72.0 / 75.5
SE 0.870
21-34 years
72.8
CI 70.8 / 74.7
SE 0.998
70.7
CI 68.3 / 73.0
SE 1.185
35-44 years
79.0
CI 76.7 / 81.3
SE 1.154
78.5
CI 76.4 / 80.5
SE 1.031
45-65 years
74.1
CI 72.3 / 75.8
SE 0.867
73.3
CI 71.6 / 74.9
SE 0.854
45-54 years
77.3
CI 74.7 / 79.8
SE 1.284
77.0
CI 74.6 / 79.3
SE 1.175
55-65 years
70.8
CI 68.5 / 73.1
SE 1.143
69.7
CI 67.3 / 72.0
SE 1.169

Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines by Educational attainment, 2019-2021 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
Less than High school
57.4
CI 51.9 / 62.7
SE 2.702
57.4
CI 52.2 / 62.4
SE 2.617
High school
70.7
CI 68.1 / 73.2
SE 1.283
67.3
CI 64.3 / 70.1
SE 1.455
Some college or Associate degree
78.6
CI 76.7 / 80.5
SE 0.966
77.3
CI 75.3 / 79.3
SE 1.006
4-year college degree or more
84.4
CI 83.0 / 85.7
SE 0.682
83.5
CI 82.2 / 84.8
SE 0.658

Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines by Family income (percent poverty threshold), 2019-2021 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
<100
61.3
CI 57.3 / 65.2
SE 2.002
63.9
CI 60.0 / 67.7
SE 1.946
100-199
66.3
CI 63.2 / 69.3
SE 1.552
64.8
CI 61.5 / 67.9
SE 1.604
200-399
75.4
CI 73.1 / 77.6
SE 1.115
71.1
CI 68.7 / 73.3
SE 1.148
400+
82.7
CI 81.1 / 84.3
SE 0.819
81.9
CI 80.3 / 83.4
SE 0.797

Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines by Health insurance status (21-64 years), 2019-2021 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
Insured
78.1
CI 76.9 / 79.2
SE 0.602
76.4
CI 75.1 / 77.6
SE 0.621
Private
80.2
CI 78.9 / 81.4
SE 0.623
78.5
CI 77.1 / 79.7
SE 0.665
Public
70.2
CI 67.4 / 73.0
SE 1.420
67.9
CI 64.9 / 70.7
SE 1.449
Uninsured
55.3
CI 51.2 / 59.3
SE 2.022
55.3
CI 51.0 / 59.6
SE 2.116

Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines by Geographic location, 2019-2021 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
Metropolitan
75.5
CI 74.2 / 76.7
SE 0.636
74.3
CI 73.0 / 75.6
SE 0.659
Non-metropolitan
72.0
CI 68.2 / 75.5
SE 1.830
71.1
CI 67.3 / 74.6
SE 1.823

Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines by Marital status, 2019-2021 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
Married/​Cohabiting partner
78.4
CI 77.0 / 79.7
SE 0.675
78.1
CI 76.6 / 79.5
SE 0.732
Divorced, separated, widowed
78.0
CI 75.3 / 80.5
SE 1.527
72.7
CI 69.6 / 75.7
SE 2.047
Never married
67.6
CI 65.0 / 70.2
SE 1.444
66.5
CI 63.8 / 69.0
SE 1.405

Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines by Country of birth, 2019-2021 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
US
77.5
CI 76.2 / 78.8
SE 0.656
76.6
CI 75.2 / 78.0
SE 0.688
Outside US
67.8
CI 65.1 / 70.4
SE 1.334
64.7
CI 62.0 / 67.4
SE 1.380

Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines by Veteran status, 2019-2021 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
Veteran
83.1
CI 74.8 / 89.5
SE 3.418
82.5
CI 74.6 / 88.7
SE 3.809
Non-veteran
75.3
CI 74.1 / 76.5
SE 0.608
73.8
CI 72.5 / 75.0
SE 0.635

Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines by Disability status, 2019-2021 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
People with disabilities
64.9
CI 60.0 / 69.5
SE 2.715
62.4
CI 57.2 / 67.5
SE 2.827
People without disabilities
75.6
CI 74.4 / 76.8
SE 0.617
74.5
CI 73.3 / 75.8
SE 0.631

Females receiving cervical cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines by Sexual orientation, 2019-2021 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2021
Straight, Female
75.9
CI 74.7 / 77.1
SE 0.613
74.7
CI 73.4 / 76.0
SE 0.659
Gay/​Lesbian, Female
75.2
CI 65.5 / 83.4
SE 4.265
68.1
CI 59.8 / 75.6
SE 3.882
Bisexual, Female
72.5
CI 65.1 / 79.1
SE 4.552
77.9
CI 72.4 / 82.8
SE 2.881

Disparity