title: Cervical screening in elderly women in Singapore.
abstract: The study was conducted to determine the pick-up rate of abnormal cervical smears and the prevalence rate of cervical cancer in women aged 60 years and above and the demographic characteristics of the women screened. The pick-up rate of abnormal cervical smears was 1.65%. The prevalence rate for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and frank carcinoma was 6.4 and 5.0 per thousand women screened respectively. The study group comprised 89.7% Chinese, 4.7% Malays, 3.6% Indians and 2.0% Others. The pick-up rate of abnormal smears was 1.9% in the Chinese and 1.3% in the Indians. There were no abnormal smears in the Malays and Others. The results demonstrate the importance of a routine cervical cancer screening programme among elderly women aged 60 years and above in Singapore.
authors.affiliation: Training and Health Education Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoong
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008296:Malaysia / Q000208:ethnology; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012846:Singapore; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears