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Table 1 Distribution of cervical cancer mortality rates (2000-2004) and indicators of cervical cancer screening programs

From: How protective is cervical cancer screening against cervical cancer mortality in developing countries? The Colombian case

Department

Women 18 to

69 years old

Average of

deaths by year

Mortality per

100,000

Screening variables (%)

    

1

2

3

4

5

Amazonas

14,633

5

16.0

39.4

9.7

87.7

17.2

25.4

Antioquia

1,695,093

353

12.7

47.3

6.7

88.4

8.9

28.3

Arauca

58,004

16

14.5

50.2

7.3

86.5

18.5

26.1

Atlántico

627,571

143

13.5

38.9

6.4

85,7

20.3

35.2

Bogotá

2,173,732

473

13.9

54.3

8.9

74.2

10.1

18.9

Bolívar

514,680

98

10.7

36.7

4.9

82.9

19.8

38.6

Boyacá

357,138

65

10.4

43.1

17.4

64.6

17

21

Caldas

298,632

107

21.8

57.3

12.5

82.4

10.9

31.6

Caquetá

104,560

27

13.5

44.3

12.0

79.0

17.5

41

Casanare

72,240

15

11.1

51.9

7.4

88.6

16.2

37

Cauca

336,097

78

12.7

49.9

15.6

83.8

21.1

42.1

Cesar

231,167

56

12.9

34.8

7.5

86.6

18.2

38

Chocó

104,910

10

4.5

36.1

9.0

84.2

16.4

37.4

Córdoba

384,543

87

12.4

34.8

3.9

87.5

16.5

48.7

Cundinamarca

618,658

97

9.0

49.7

10.2

81.3

15.8

19.4

Guainía

7,514

1

6.3

37.0

14.9

100.0

14.3

14.8

Guaviare

19,799

3

7.1

40.7

12.8

88.9

12.5

19.2

Huila

263,798

79

16.4

48.2

10.8

73.6

12.8

42.4

La Guajira

157,054

19

6.3

28.7

5.0

88.3

18.3

40.2

Magdalena

299,679

63

11.3

30.9

9.8

88.1

22.3

45.2

Meta

206,687

71

19.7

46.4

10.9

84.1

12.8

36.8

Nariño

417,498

105

14.1

54.7

13.9

81.0

15.5

24.2

Norte de Santander

345,178

95

15.6

40.9

5.5

83.2

20.3

45.4

Putumayo

73,462

10

6.8

65.6

5.1

90.4

10.4

23.7

Quindío

165,207

56

20.9

61.9

8.4

82.9

9.6

31

Risaralda

278,130

90

20.0

51.4

9.3

83.0

9

37.4

San Andrés Island

21,356

3

8.7

59.9

6.9

71.4

9.4

12.8

Santander

580,869

140

14.3

52.4

11.1

83.3

12.4

26.8

Sucre

201,907

46

12.4

32.1

5.3

78.3

19.8

40.2

Tolima

381,515

141

21.1

44.7

7.0

76.5

15.3

38

Valle

1,273,844

365

17.6

48.8

6.0

85.5

10.2

30.7

Vaupés

8,492

0

0.0

33.1

13.4

100.0

22.4

9.6

Vichada

11,862

1

3.9

45.2

11.7

90.2

10.3

22.2

  1. 1. Proportion of women who reported having a cervical cytology once a year
  2. 2. Proportion of women who did not collect the results of their last cytology
  3. 3. Proportion of women with an abnormal cervical cytology who contacted their health care provider to receive treatment
  4. 4. Proportion of women who have never had a cervical cytology
  5. 5. Proportion of uninsured population