Socio-economic and regional variation in breast and cervical cancer screening among Indian women of reproductive age: a study from National Family Health Survey, 2019-21

Table 4 Concentration Index (CI) for breast and cervical cancer screening among women aged 30–49 years by regions of India, 2019–21

Region	Sample size (N)	Concentration index	P -value
Breast cancer screening
North	72,192	0.23	0.001
Central	76,015	0.08	0.105
East	55,598	0.05	0.505
North-East	52,928	0.39	0.000
West	37,811	0.24	0.015
South	62,809	0.07	0.018
India	357,353	0.20	0.000
Cervical cancer screening
North	72,192	0.27	0.000
Central	76,015	-0.03	0.303
East	55,598	0.04	0.285
North-East	52,928	0.40	0.000
West	37,811	0.14	0.027
South	62,809	0.02	0.253
India	357,353	0.15	0.000
Either breast or cervical
North	72,192	0.27	0.000
Central	76,015	-0.02	0.431
East	55,598	0.05	0.166
North-East	52,928	0.38	0.000
West	37,811	0.14	0.021
South	62,809	0.04	0.034
India	357,353	0.16	0.000
Both breast & cervical
North	72,192	0.23	0.002
Central	76,015	0.08	0.190
East	55,598	0.00	0.953
North-East	52,928	0.44	0.000
West	37,811	0.25	0.020
South	62,809	0.03	0.371
India	357,353	0.20	0.029

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