Table 2 Socio-economic variations in the proportion of breast and cervical cancer screening among women aged 30–49 years (Per 100,000 women) in India, 2019–21
Socio economic factors | Breast cancer | Cervical cancer | Either breast or cervical | Both breast & cervical | Sample Size (N) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | |||||
 30–39 | 799 | 1722 | 1919 | 602 | 195,158 |
 40–49 | 969 | 2253 | 2483 | 739 | 162,195 |
Marital status | |||||
 Married | 879 | 1972 | 2187 | 665 | 323,923 |
 Others | 851 | 1895 | 2079 | 668 | 33,430 |
Religion | |||||
 Hindu | 905 | 2006 | 2222 | 690 | 271,320 |
 Muslim | 534 | 1156 | 1344 | 346 | 40,352 |
 Christian | 1337 | 3752 | 4079 | 1011 | 26,913 |
 Others | 1086 | 2579 | 2692 | 972 | 18,768 |
Caste | |||||
 SC | 1010 | 2348 | 2541 | 817 | 66,434 |
 ST | 399 | 942 | 1053 | 288 | 66,777 |
 OBC | 1083 | 2339 | 2605 | 817 | 136,093 |
 Others | 604 | 1411 | 1586 | 429 | 88,049 |
Residence | |||||
 Urban | 1260 | 2348 | 2675 | 933 | 92,574 |
 Rural | 680 | 1769 | 1922 | 527 | 264,779 |
Health insurance | |||||
 No | 893 | 1876 | 2062 | 707 | 227,413 |
 Yes | 846 | 2135 | 2397 | 584 | 129,940 |
Wealth index | |||||
 Poorest | 378 | 990 | 1095 | 273 | 72,074 |
 Poorer | 674 | 1624 | 1772 | 526 | 76,424 |
 Middle | 905 | 2227 | 2419 | 713 | 74,540 |
 Richer | 995 | 2372 | 2597 | 771 | 69,800 |
 Richest | 1331 | 2430 | 2796 | 965 | 64,515 |
Ever used hormonal contraception | |||||
 No | 954 | 2155 | 2379 | 730 | 299,873 |
 Yes | 426 | 859 | 998 | 286 | 57,480 |
BMI | |||||
 Thin | 663 | 1564 | 1697 | 529 | 36,856 |
 Normal | 662 | 1615 | 1784 | 493 | 204,331 |
 Overweight or obese | 1296 | 2697 | 3001 | 992 | 112,333 |
Drink alcohol | |||||
 No | 885 | 1973 | 2186 | 671 | 347,648 |
 Yes | 156 | 1284 | 1375 | 65 | 9705 |
Tobacco use | |||||
 No | 909 | 2027 | 2243 | 692 | 323,203 |
 Yes | 418 | 1076 | 1217 | 276 | 34,150 |
Eat fried food | |||||
 Never | 1145 | 2535 | 2758 | 923 | 17,884 |
 Daily | 496 | 1356 | 1555 | 298 | 32,999 |
 Weekly | 945 | 2016 | 2245 | 715 | 116,602 |
 Occasionally | 861 | 1964 | 2166 | 659 | 189,868 |
Eat fruits | |||||
 Never | 468 | 1065 | 1221 | 311 | 5807 |
 Daily | 1193 | 2362 | 2725 | 831 | 41,418 |
 Weekly | 1044 | 2206 | 2435 | 814 | 130,620 |
 Occasionally | 691 | 1723 | 1887 | 526 | 179,508 |
Education | |||||
 No education | 442 | 1425 | 1542 | 324 | 130,054 |
 Primary | 883 | 2095 | 2246 | 732 | 55,241 |
 Secondary | 1089 | 2278 | 2536 | 830 | 139,755 |
 Higher secondary and above | 1559 | 2448 | 2898 | 1109 | 32,303 |
Household head's sex | |||||
 Male | 859 | 1954 | 2165 | 649 | 298,456 |
 Female | 965 | 2020 | 2240 | 745 | 58,897 |
Media exposure | |||||
 No | 389 | 1175 | 1273 | 291 | 99,969 |
 Yes | 1051 | 2248 | 2501 | 799 | 257,384 |
Region | |||||
 North | 250 | 898 | 1004 | 144 | 72,192 |
 Central | 402 | 1273 | 1374 | 301 | 76,015 |
 East | 223 | 559 | 650 | 132 | 55,598 |
 Northeast | 362 | 561 | 751 | 172 | 52,928 |
 West | 967 | 1708 | 1819 | 857 | 37,811 |
 South | 2352 | 4991 | 5556 | 1787 | 62,809 |
India | 877 | 1965 | 2177 | 665 | 357,353 |