Participation in mammography screening among migrants and non-migrants in Denmark

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Table I. Women included in the target groups for organised mammography screening in Copenhagen (1991–2008) according to country of birth and use/non-use of screening, age, education, employment, household size, contact with general practitioner (GP), contact with dental services, and hospitalisation.

	All			Danish-born			Other-Western			Non-Western
	N	User %	Non-user %	N	User %	Non-user %	N	User %	Non-user %	N	User %	Non-user %
				84 489	74	26	5484	67	33	5891	61	39
Age
−49	5103	68	32	4121	70	30	333	56	44	649	61	39
50–54	51 342	75	25	44 350	76	24	3213	69	31	3780	64	36
55–59	12 895	75	25	11 648	77	23	708	66	34	539	59	41
60–64	12 545	72	28	11 406	74	26	600	69	32	539	50	50
65–69	13 979	64	36	12 964	64	36	631	65	35	384	49	51
Education
Low	41 379	70	30	37 778	70	30	1505	69	31	2096	63	37
Medium	45 930	76	24	41 389	77	23	2651	72	28	1890	66	34
High	5223	72	28	4358	73	27	558	65	35	307	57	43
Employment
Yes	53 215	80	20	48 594	80	20	2741	75	25	1880	70	30
No	41 551	64	36	35 530	65	35	2429	60	40	3592	57	43
Household size
1 person	39 460	67	33	36 126	67	32	2094	62	38	1240	56	44
2–4 persons	53 382	78	22	47 091	79	21	2778	75	25	3513	65	35
5 or more persons	710	70	30	330	78	22	30	70	30	350	63	37
GP
Contact	84 041	75	25	74 365	76	24	4575	72	28	5101	65	35
No contact	11 823	56	44	10 124	58	42	909	42	58	790	38	62
Dental services
User	58 130	80	20	53 124	81	19	3046	78	22	1960	73	27
Non-user	37 734	61	39	31 365	62	38	2438	54	46	3931	55	45
Hospitalisation
0 days	79 863	73	27	70 696	74	26	4612	67	33	4555	60	40
1–5 days	3285	75	25	2913	75	25	174	69	31	198	65	35
5 or more days	11 667	70	30	10 041	71	29	620	73	27	1006	65	35

Table II. Odds ratios of non-use of mammography screening sequentially adjusted. The order of the explanatory variables reflects the magnitude of significance in a model with one explanatory variable in addition to country of birth and age.

	Other-Western vs. Danish		Non-Western vs. Danish
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Crude	1.38	1.30–1.46	1.80	1.71–1.90
Adjusted for age	1.42	1.34–1.50	1.89	1.79–2.00
Adjusted for age, dental services	1.32	1.25–1.41	1.44	1.36–1.52
Adjusted for age, dental services, employment	1.25	1.17–1.32	1.21	1.14–1.28
Adjusted for age, dental services, employment, contact with GP	1.21	1.13–1.28	1.21	1.15–1.29
Adjusted for age, dental services, employment, contact with GP, household size	1.20	1.12–1.27	1.30	1.23–1.39
Adjusted for age, dental services, employment, contact with GP, household size, education	1.14	1.07–1.21	1.20	1.12–1.28
Adjusted for age, dental services, employment, contact with GP, household size, education, hospitalisation	1.14	1.06–1.21	1.19	1.11–1.27

Table III. Odds ratio of non-use of mammography screening according to country of birth and by age, education, employment, household size, contact with general practitioner (GP), contact with dental services, and hospitalisation. Ratio of ORs is given in the final column of the table.

	Danish				Other-Western				Non-Western				Ratio of OR
	OR Crude	95% CI	OR Adj	95% CI	OR Crude	95% CI	OR Adj	95% CI	OR Crude	95% CI	OR Adj	95% CI	D/other W	95% CI	D/non-W	95% CI
Age
–49	1.35	1.26–1.45	1.45	1.34–1.56	1.77	1.41–2.22	1.64	1.28–2.11	1.13	0.95–1.34	1.19	1.00–1.43	1.14	0.87–1.48	0.82	0.68–1.00
50–54	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
55–59	0.98	0.93–1.03	0.83	0.79–0.87	1.15	0.97–1.37	0.96	0.79–1.16	1.23	1.02–1.48	1.01	0.82–1.23	1.16	0.95–1.41	1.21	0.99–1.49
60–64	1.15	1.10–1.21	0.76	0.72–0.80	1.02	0.84–1.23	0.84	0.68–1.03	1.74	1.45–2.09	1.18	0.96–1.45	1.10	0.89–1.37	1.56	1.26–1.93
65–69	1.81	1.74–1.89	1.03	0.98–1.08	1.22	1.02–1.46	0.90	0.73–1.10	1.83	1.48–2.26	1.17	0.92–1.48	0.87	0.71–1.08	1.14	0.89–1.45
Education
Low	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Medium	0.70	0.68–0.72	0.98	0.95–1.02	0.89	0.77–1.02	1.02	0.88–1.20	0.88	0.77–1.00	1.00	0.87–1.15	1.04	0.89–1.22	1.02	0.88–1.18
High	0.86	0.81–0.93	1.35	1.25–1.46	1.20	0.97–1.47	1.40	1.11–1.76	1.30	1.02–1.65	1.51	1.17–1.95	1.03	0.81–1.32	1.12	0.86–1.46
Employment
Yes	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
No	2.19	2.12–2.26	1.87	1.80–1.95	2.03	1.80–2.28	1.71	1.49–1.96	1.82	1.62–2.05	1.60	1.41–1.82	0.91	0.79–1.05	0.85	0.75–0.98
Household size
1 person	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
2–4 persons	0.56	0.54–0.58	0.63	0.61–0.65	0.57	0.50–0.64	0.60	0.53–0.69	0.69	0.60–0.79	0.74	0.64–0.85	0.96	0.84–1.10	1.18	1.02–1.36
5 or more persons	0.58	0.45–0.75	0.66	0.51–0.87	0.71	0.32–1.56	0.82	0.36–1.88	0.75	0.59–0.95	0.78	0.60–1.00	1.24	0.52–2.96	1.17	0.81–1.70
GP
Contact	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
No Contact	2.23	2.14–2.33	2.19	2.09–2.29	3.65	3.15–4.23	2.73	2.33–3.20	3.03	2.59–3.53	2.67	2.27–3.14	1.24	1.05–1.47	1.22	1.03–1.44
Dental services
User	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Non-user	2.55	2.47–2.63	2.17	2.10–2.24	2.94	2.62–3.30	2.30	2.02–2.61	2.15	1.91–2.42	1.89	1.67–2.13	1.06	0.93–1.21	0.87	0.77–0.99
Hospitalization
0 days	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
1–5 days	0.94	0.86–1.02	0.88	0.80–0.96	0.89	0.65–1.24	1.11	0.79–1.57	0.81	0.60–1.09	0.85	0.62–1.15	1.27	0.88–1.81	0.96	0.70–1.33
5 or more days	1.20	1.15–1.26	1.19	1.13–1.25	0.73	0.61–0.88	0.85	0.70–1.04	0.82	0.71–0.94	0.93	0.80–1.08	0.72	0.58–0.88	0.78	0.67–0.92