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Cervical Cancer Screening in Canada: 1998 Surveillance Report

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Appendix E

Detailed Participation and Cytology Data

Table E1: Self Reported Pap Smear Usage Within Previous 3 Years, Among Women aged 20-69, Canada and Provinces, by 10 Year Age Group, 1998/99

Age Group	Can %	BC %	ALTA %	SASK %	MAN %	ON %	QUE %	NB %	NS %	PEI %	NFLD %
20-29	80	76	80	91	86	77	81	84	92	84	92
30-39	86	83	85	85	88	87	82	96	92	89	91
40-49	82	79	89	82	83	80	83	80	90	83	85
50-59	77	79	70	74	90	77	78	73	69	77	67
Total (20-69)	79	77	81	80	85	78	78	80	83	82	80

Source: National Population Health Survey, 1998/99

Table E2: Women Participating in Cervical Cancer Screening by Age Group and Province, 1998

Number of Women Participating
Age group	BC 1998	MAN 1998	ONT^a 1998	NS^b 1997	PEI 1998	NFLD^b 1997
15-19	25,053	7,826	34,046	8,665	729	5,761
20-29	129,183	35,035	165,099	38,160	4,395	23,418
30-39	156,888	37,925	193,548	40,866	4,813	21,875
40-49	124,939	32,203	147,212	30,854	4,161	17,383
50-59	66,879	21,663	94,270	19,491	3,041	9,280
Total (15-69)	536,452	147,257	684,567	147,867	18,848	81,195

^aAs data capture in Ontario includes only 45% of all smears, numbers presented have been adjusted to represent the entire province.
^bMost recent data available are for 1997.

Source: Data compiled at Health Canada as provided by provincial programs and departments of health.

Table E3: Number of Women in Population by Age Group and Province, 1997-98

Number of Women in Population
Age group	BC 1998	MAN 1998	ONT^a 1998	NS^b 1997	PEI 1998	NFLD^b 1997
15-19	128,720	38,924	361,024	31,084	5,069	21,736
20-29	275,045	76,127	776,867	64,004	9,023	41,013
30-39	335,846	87,346	984,163	78,959	10,574	46,224
40-49	321,045	82,655	876,454	72,396	10,065	44,436
50-59	220,503	58,252	623,738	50,970	7,494	29,365
60-69	156,696	43,878	464,609	37,946	5,432	20,118
Total (15-69)	1,437,855	387,182	4,086,855	335,359	47,657	202,892

Source: Data compiled at Health Canada as provided by Statistics Canada

Table E4: Women Participating in Cervical Cancer Screening by Age Group and Province, 1996-98

Number of Women
Age group	British Columbia 1996-98	Manitoba 1996-98	Nova Scotia^a 1995-97	Prince Edward Island 1996-98
20-29	216,520	58,104	58,882	6,996
30-39	264,004	66,736	65,871	8,077
40-49	210,234	56,532	51,290	7,198
50-59	111,819	36,729	31,031	5,013
60-69	61,722	23,292	17,157	2,960
Total (20-69)	864,299	241,393	224,231	30,244

^aMost recent data available are for 1995-1997
Source: Data compiled at Health Canada as provided by provincial programs and departments of health

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