Effect of vaginal self-sampling on cervical cancer screening rates: a community-based study in Newfoundland

BMC Women's Health

Table 5 Rate of cervical cancer screening in the three communities prior to and during the study

Community	Cervical cancer screening rate 2008/2009 n/N^a (%)	Cervical cancer screening rate 2010/2011 n/N^a (%)	Change in rate from 2008/2009 to 2010/2011	P Value for before-after change in each community	P Value for difference in change in rates
A	1020/1928 (52.9 %)	^b1187/1760 (67.4 %)	+15.2 %	<0.001	Ref.
B	1484/2833 (52.4 %)	1529/2761 (55.3 %)	+2.9 %	0.07	<0.001
C	1098/1524 (72.0 %)	1236/1536 (80.5 %)	+8.5 %	<0.01	0.193

^aDenominator (eligible populations of women age 30–69 years) for the 2008/2009 period is based on 2006 census data and for the 2010/2011 period it is based on 2011 census data
^bFor years 2010 and 2011 for Community A the screening rate was determined by adding the number of women who had a Pap smear to the women who did self-collection but did not have a Pap smear to avoid counting in duplicate those women who self-collected and had a Pap smear

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