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Table 1 Screening center elements

From: Disparate access to breast cancer screening and treatment

 

City center

County center

p Value

Observation, N (%)

1,167 (47)

1,338 (53)

 

Age (Years), mean (SD)

54.9 (9.7)

57.5 (10.3)

 < 0.001

Median income for zip code, dollars, mean (SD)

42,899

(16,249)

71,513

(34,135)

 < 0.001

Screening mammography times (Days), mean (SD)

Navigation to screening

47.4 (74.7)

14.1 (31.7)

 < 0.001

Screening to diagnostic

40.4 (50.0)

32.2 (58.6)

0.280

Screening to biopsy

21.0 (–)

21.2 (9.3)

0.980

Diagnostic to biopsy

52.1 (54.6)

22.5 (19.0)

0.010

BIRADS 4  to biopsy

51.0 (53.9)

21.8 (14.3)

0.007

Navigation to screening completion

53.7 (77.5)

163.7 (36.4)

 < 0.001

Navigation to last contact

52.7 (77.1)

16.4 (36.2)

 < 0.001

Median income for zip code quartile, N (%)

Lowest quartile (0–25)

620 (53)

16 (1)

 < 0.001

Quartile 2 (26–50)

55 (5)

570 (43)

Quartile 3 (51–75)

461 (40)

152 (11)

Highest quartile (76–100)

31 (3)

600 (45)

Barrier to screening, N (%)

Child care

190 (16)

99 (7)

 < 0.001

No paid time off

287 (25)

171 (13)

 < 0.001

Transportation

374 (32)

173 (13)

 < 0.001

Fear

149 (13)

3 (0.2)

 < 0.001

Support network

4 (0.3)

21 (2)

0.020

Scheduling issues

14 (1)

0 (0)

 < 0.001

Other*

22 (2)

7 (0.5)

0.001

  1. Bolded p values indicate statistical significance
  2. *Immigration, insurance, language barriers