Excerpts from The National Health Survey Report, page II-16-17

PREVENTION Magazine has developed a set of guidelines for screening procedures (The Prevention Index) that were used to calculate the percent of women who received regular screenings. For example, The Prevention Index guidelines prescribe that a woman should have an annual professional breast exam. According to this survey, 68% of women have had an annual breast exam within the last year. Women with above low income were more likely than those with low income or poverty level incomes to report having an annual exam by a health care professional (73% vs. 59% and 45%, respectively). Women who reported their health status as excellent or very good/good were more likely than those who reported their health as fair/poor to have an annual breast exam (72% and 69% vs. 57%). Women with Commercial/HMOs were more likely than those with Medicare, Medicaid, or those with no insurance to report having a professional breast examination(75% vs. 64%, 51%, and 52%). Women who have never been without insurance were more likely than those who have had lapses in coverage of two months or longer to report having annual breast exams by a health care professional (71% vs. 59%). (Charts 24 and 25)

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