US women who received a cervical cancer cancer screening by ethnicity 2018

This statistic displays the percentage of U.S. women aged 21 to 65 who had received a cervical cancer screening within recommended time frames, by ethnicity. About 83.2 percent of White respondents reported that they had received a cervical cancer screening within the recommended time frames, while 75,8 percent of Asian respondents reported that they had received a cervical cancer screening within the recommended time frames. The CDC recommends cervical cancer screenings for women of average-risk every three years for those age 21-29 or every three to five years for those aged 30 to 65, depending on type of testing preformed. According to the survey, cervical cancer screenings were lowest among foreign-born women, those without insurance or regular care and those with a lower level of education.