For all definitions smears that occurred less than six months prior to diagnosis were considered to be smears’ and therefore excluded. Time frames were ‘diagnostic defined in calendar time, so monthly and yearly intervals may not be represented by an exact number of days. Table 4.1: Screening adequacy by patient demographics Assessment of screening adequacy of screening for all cervical cancer cases included in the screening review by 5 year age bracket, ethnicity, and deprivation index. This table describes the number of individuals who had at least one smear within 6-42, and 6-84 months prior to diagnosis, those who were adequately screened and those who had ever had any screening. Ethnicity is total response. 6 to 84 6 to 66 6 to 42 Every five Total Since 1990 Adequately months months months years n % n % n % n % n % n % N Age 50 43 86 40 80 37 74 29 58 28 56 12 24 25-<30 30-<35 81 67 83 49 60 44 54 36 44 26 32 14 17 93 78 84 54 58 47 51 37 40 18 19 11 12 35-<40 106 78 74 54 51 47 44 39 37 10 9 12 11 40-<45 93 62 67 39 42 35 38 29 31 9 10 7 8 45-<50 65 36 55 27 42 25 38 23 35 4 6 5 8 50-<55 66 39 59 32 48 29 44 24 36 6 9 11 17 55-<60 47 24 51 16 34 15 32 11 23 6 13 3 6 60-<65 43 26 60 17 40 17 40 13 30 5 12 6 14 65-<70 Ethnicity 391 298 76 228 58 207 53 168 43 92 24 66 17 European 159 116 73 71 45 61 38 53 33 18 11 10 6 Māori 64 36 56 20 31 17 27 15 23 3 5 4 6 Pacific 49 27 55 25 51 24 49 18 37 4 8 5 10 Asian 12 3 25 2 17 2 17 2 17 0 0 0 0 MELAA 12 7 58 5 42 5 42 4 33 1 8 0 0 Unknown Deprivation (quintile)
For all definitions smears that occurred less than six months prior to diagnosis were considered to be ‘diagnostic smears’ and therefore excluded. Time frames were defined in calendar time, so monthly and yearly intervals may not be represented by an exact number of days. Table 4.1: Screening adequacy by patient demographics Assessment of screening adequacy of screening for all cervical cancer cases included in the screening review by 5 year age bracket, ethnicity, and deprivation index. This table describes the number of individuals who had at least one smear within 6-42, and 6-84 months prior to diagnosis, those who were adequately screened and those who had ever had any screening. Ethnicity is total response. Total Since 1990 6 to 84 months 6 to 66 months 6 to 42 months Every five years Adequately N n % n % n % n % n % n % Age 25-<30 50 43 86 40 80 37 74 29 58 28 56 12 24 30-<35 81 67 83 49 60 44 54 36 44 26 32 14 17 35-<40 93 78 84 54 58 47 51 37 40 18 19 11 12 40-<45 106 78 74 54 51 47 44 39 37 10 9 12 11 45-<50 93 62 67 39 42 35 38 29 31 9 10 7 8 50-<55 65 36 55 27 42 25 38 23 35 4 6 5 8 55-<60 66 39 59 32 48 29 44 24 36 6 9 11 17 60-<65 47 24 51 16 34 15 32 11 23 6 13 3 6 65-<70 43 26 60 17 40 17 40 13 30 5 12 6 14 Ethnicity European 391 298 76 228 58 207 53 168 43 92 24 66 17 Māori 159 116 73 71 45 61 38 53 33 18 11 10 6 Pacific 64 36 56 20 31 17 27 15 23 3 5 4 6 Asian 49 27 55 25 51 24 49 18 37 4 8 5 10 MELAA 12 3 25 2 17 2 17 2 17 0 0 0 0 Unknown 12 7 58 5 42 5 42 4 33 1 8 0 0 Deprivation (quintile)