Breast Cancer Screening Among Employed American Women

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• Personal Author:
  Ballard, Terri J. ; Burnett CA ; Halperin, William E. ; Sieber, W. Karl
• Description:
  From the 1990 National Health Interview Survey Health Promotion and Disease Prevention supplement, the authors estimated the 1990 baseline prevalence of breast cancer screening among employed U.S. women aged 50-70 years. Proportions of women screened for breast cancer were calculated by occupational category and demographic characteristics, and were compared with the Healthy People 2000 objective that 60% of women aged 50 and older have had mammography and a clinical breast examination within the preceding two years. The objective was exceeded for white-collar workers (61.8%) and workers with some college (64.1%), but was not met by any blue-collar/service workers (40.8%); or any workers with only a high school diploma (54.7%) or less than a high school diploma (38.5%). Identification of occupational categories and demographic subgroups among working women will be helpful to those planning breast cancer screening programs, in both the public and the private sectors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Epidemiology Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Breast-cancer Cancer Cancer-rates Demographic-characteristics Statistical-analysis
• ISSN:
  1077-3525
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  225-231
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031693
• Citation:
  Int J Occup Environ Health 1995 Jul; 1(3):225-231
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Surveillance Branch, 4676 Columbia Parkway Mailstop R-21, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9816dee9427bf294b9af34ca1d11577e042544c6ac58e57f0bc62b68905a2d3caac778a4d63157caec1d318238db501ebfc3d7d044e8065a67ae03f90349f875
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185897/cdc_185897_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 484.23 KB ]