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Table 1 Self-reported mammogram use in women 50–69 years old within the past two years and self-reported Pap smear use in women 25–64 years old within the past three years in Flanders and Wallonia, overall and by educational level, across the five waves of the BHIS (1997-2013)

From: The impact of regional screening policies on the diffusion of cancer screening participation in Belgium: time trends in educational inequalities in Flanders and Wallonia

	1997		2001		2004		2008		2013
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Mammogram use
Flanders
Overall	164	45.6	228	53.5	313	69.2	314	71.6	298	78.1
By educational level
None or primary	46	38.2	61	46	64	61.2	56	62.3	36	66.1
Lower secondary	45	40.2	78	60.7	81	66.3	84	77.4	61	77.5
Higher secondary	42	47.1	56	53.1	102	75.5	90	68.2	119	77.3
Tertiary	31	71	33	56.3	66	73.7	84	78.1	82	85.8
Wallonia
Overall	189	51.2	287	64	372	73	280	76	285	69.7
By educational level
None or primary	61	42.5	79	54.3	79	56.2	50	67.4	36	50.6
Lower secondary	50	49.5	92	67.3	92	68.8	72	77.6	37	79.5
Higher secondary	42	62.1	57	64.3	92	81.4	84	76.8	87	75.6
Tertiary	36	57.2	59	75.9	109	84.9	74	79.3	95	68.5
Pap smear use
Flanders
Overall	660	74	709	71.5	693	70.4	584	68.5	553	70.8
By educational level
None or primary	85	60.4	80	60	44	42.4	44	44.9	22	53
Lower secondary	140	71.1	131	61.4	118	63.4	85	61.3	63	59.5
Higher secondary	223	75.5	243	72.7	257	74	201	71	190	63.9
Tertiary	212	80.5	255	81.9	274	79.4	254	75.9	278	81.9
Wallonia
Overall	546	64.1	669	64.5	790	73.9	608	75.7	589	76
By educational level
None or primary	60	44	76	50.6	77	55.1	48	57.6	31	51.2
Lower secondary	126	56.6	168	66.1	152	65.9	106	76.6	77	74
Higher secondary	175	66.1	191	61.8	250	77.6	211	74.3	196	73
Tertiary	188	75.1	234	73	311	82.3	243	81.9	285	83.4

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