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The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2002

Section II
The Burden of Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and Diabetes, United States

  




Lack of Mammography Screening

Mammography is the best available method to detect breast cancer in its earliest, most treatable stage—about 1–3 years before a woman can feel the lump. Timely mammography screening among women older than age 40 could prevent 15%–30% of all deaths from breast cancer.

  • In 2000, 20% of American women aged 50 years or older reported that they had not had a mammogram in the past 2 years.
  • In 2000, the percentage of women aged 50 years or older who reported not having had a mammogram in the last 2 years ranged from 10% in Delaware to 29% in Wyoming.

Percentage of Women Aged 50 Years or Older Who Reported Not Having Had a Mammogram in the Last 2 Years, 2000

Percentage of Women Aged 50 Years or Older Who Reported Not Having Had a Mammogram in the Last 2 Years, 2000. Data in tabular format follows.

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

  



 

Percentage of Women Aged 50 Years or Older Who Reported Not Having Had a Mammogram in the Last 2 Years, by State Rank, 2000

Rank State Percent
1 Wyoming 29.1
2 Mississippi 29.0
3 Idaho 27.9
4 Indiana 27.5
5 Texas 25.9
6 Oklahoma 25.7
7 Arkansas 25.2
8 Missouri 24.2
9 Minnesota 23.7
10 Tennessee 23.6
11 Alabama 23.3
12 West Virginia 23.2
13 Wisconsin 23.1
14 Kentucky 23.0
15 Louisiana 23.0
16 Utah 22.8
17 New Jersey 22.7
18 Nevada 22.3
19 Nebraska 22.0
20 Illinois 21.5
21 Kansas 21.4
22 Iowa 21.4
23 South Dakota 21.4
24 Pennsylvania 21.3
25 New Mexico 21.2
26 Montana 20.7
27 North Dakota 20.5
28 Washington 20.4
29 Vermont 19.9
30 North Carolina 19.7
31 Colorado 19.6
32 Georgia 19.5
33 Ohio 18.9
34 Virginia 18.8
35 New York 18.4
36 Hawaii 17.9
37 Oregon 17.2
38 Maine 17.1
39 Florida 16.8
40 South Carolina 16.3
41 New Hampshire 15.9
42 Michigan 15.7
43 Connecticut 15.4
44 Arizona 15.2
45 Maryland 14.6
46 Alaska 14.4
47 District of Columbia 14.3
48 Massachusetts 14.0
49 Rhode Island 13.3
50 Delaware 9.7
N/A California* N/A
  Median 21.0

*Questions used to collect data on this topic differed from those used in other states.
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

  



 

Percentage of Women Aged 50 Years or Older Who Reported Not Having Had a Mammogram in the Last 2 Years, by Race and Ethnicity, 2000

State Total White Black* Asian/Pacific Islander* American Indian/ Alaska Native* Hispanic*
Alabama 23.3 23.6 22.0 - - -
Alaska 14.4 13.5 - - 15.3 -
Arizona 15.2 14.7 - - - 14.6
Arkansas 25.2 24.2 27.2 - - -
California† N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Colorado 19.6 18.8 - - - -
Connecticut 15.4 15.9 - - - -
Delaware 9.7 10.6 3.9 - - -
District of Columbia 14.3 15.6 11.6 - - -
Florida 16.8 17.0 17.4 - - 15.9
Georgia 19.5 18.5 22.9 - - -
Hawaii 17.9 21.0 - 15.3 24.1 12.5
Idaho 27.9 27.9 - - - -
Illinois 21.5 23.5 12.2 - - -
Indiana 27.5 27.9 - - - -
Iowa 21.4 21.3 - - - -
Kansas 21.4 21.5 - - - -
Kentucky 23.0 23.8 12.6 - - -
Louisiana 23.0 22.6 22.8 - - -
Maine 17.1 16.9 - - - -
Maryland 14.6 13.4 17.6 - - -
Massachusetts 14.0 14.6 7.3 - - 6.8
Michigan 15.7 15.8 13.0 - - -
Minnesota 23.7 23.6 - - - -
Mississippi 29.0 28.1 31.3 - - -
Missouri 24.2 25.0 - - - -
Montana 20.7 20.0 - - - -
Nebraska 22.0 22.4 - - - -
Nevada 22.3 20.0 - - - -
New Hampshire 15.9 16.2 - - - -
New Jersey 22.7 23.6 22.5 - - 16.4
New Mexico 21.2 19.7 - - - 25.4
New York 18.4 19.5 16.1 - - -
North Carolina 19.7 20.2 19.3 - - -
North Dakota 20.5 19.1 - - - -
Ohio 18.9 19.8 12.4 - - -
Oklahoma 25.7 25.9 - - - -
Oregon 17.2 16.7 - - - -
Pennsylvania 21.3 21.5 21.0 - - -
Rhode Island 13.3 13.6 - - - -
South Carolina 16.3 14.8 21.0 - - -
South Dakota 21.4 20.8 - - - -
Tennessee 23.6 23.3 26.0 - - -
Texas 25.9 24.8 25.6 - - 29.2
Utah 22.8 23.6 - - - -
Vermont 19.9 19.7 - - - -
Virginia 18.8 19.3 16.8 - - -
Washington 20.4 20.2 - - - -
West Virginia 23.2 23.4 - - - -
Wisconsin 23.1 22.6 - - - -
Wyoming 29.1 29.1 - - - -
United States 20.4 20.6 18.8 17.9 22.9 19.9

*A dash indicates that the state sample had too few respondents (fewer than 50) in this category to calculate a stable estimate. 
† Questions used to collect data on this topic differed from those used in other states. 
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

 

  



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