Papanicolaou testing and hysterectomy prevalence in low-income communities: a survey in Los Angeles County.
A survey of the prevalence of Papanicolaou (Pap) testing and of hysterectomy and a feasibility study were conducted in low-income communities with high rates of cervical cancer, identified by an analysis of mortality and case rates. Although about 90% of the women reported having had a Pap regular testing. For example, in the 5 years preceding the study (1971--75), about a quarter of the women had been tested only once and about a third not at all. No evidence of a secular change in hysterectomy prevalence in these communities was found.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002140:California; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*