Cervical Cancer

CDC Releases Detection Rates by Race and Ethnicity

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 11th, 2001

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the first race- and ethnic-specific rates of cervical cancer detection from its national screening program for low-income, uninsured women.

Among women receiving their first National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP)-funded Papanicolau (Pap) test between 1991 and 1998, American-Indian or Alaska-Native (AI/AN) women had the highest proportion of abnormal tests (4.4%), followed by African Americans (3.2%), whites (3.0%), Hispanics (2.7%), and Asians/Pacific Islanders (A/PI) (1.9%).

White women had the highest rate of serious cervical lesions detected by...

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