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Table 1.3c: Screening for Cervical Cancer by State, 2000
| Pap test within past three years, women age 18 and over, by State, 2000 a |
| State |
Percent |
Standard error |
| United States |
83.7 |
0.2 |
| Alabama |
84.9 |
1.1 |
| Alaska |
87.2 |
1.5 |
| Arizona |
85.7 |
1.3 |
| Arkansas |
80.9 |
1.0 |
| California |
82.7 |
1.0 |
| Colorado |
83.9 |
1.3 |
| Connecticut |
85.7 |
0.8 |
| Delaware |
90.5 |
0.9 |
| District of Columbia |
87.4 |
1.2 |
| Florida |
83.3 |
0.8 |
| Georgia |
86.0 |
0.9 |
| Hawaii |
86.9 |
0.8 |
| Idaho |
77.8 |
0.9 |
| Illinois |
81.8 |
0.9 |
| Indiana |
81.9 |
1.0 |
| Iowa |
84.0 |
1.0 |
| Kansas |
84.4 |
0.8 |
| Kentucky |
82.8 |
0.8 |
| Louisiana |
84.8 |
0.7 |
| Maine |
85.5 |
1.1 |
| Maryland |
87.7 |
0.8 |
| Massachusetts |
87.0 |
0.6 |
| Michigan |
85.4 |
1.1 |
| Minnesota |
83.2 |
1.0 |
| Mississippi |
83.9 |
1.1 |
| Missouri |
83.3 |
0.9 |
| Montana |
85.7 |
1.3 |
| Nebraska |
83.6 |
1.0 |
| Nevada |
79.2 |
1.7 |
| New Hampshire |
87.2 |
1.1 |
| New Jersey |
81.0 |
1.0 |
| New Mexico |
82.8 |
1.0 |
| New York |
84.7 |
1.0 |
| North Carolina |
87.7 |
0.8 |
| North Dakota |
80.7 |
1.3 |
| Ohio |
84.5 |
1.2 |
| Oklahoma |
83.1 |
0.9 |
| Oregon |
82.5 |
0.9 |
| Pennsylvania |
84.4 |
0.9 |
| Rhode Island |
86.2 |
1.0 |
| South Carolina |
87.9 |
0.8 |
| South Dakota |
86.9 |
0.7 |
| Tennessee |
84.6 |
0.9 |
| Texas |
79.6 |
0.9 |
| Utah |
78.7 |
1.3 |
| Vermont |
85.9 |
0.9 |
| Virginia |
84.2 |
1.6 |
| Washington |
81.9 |
0.9 |
| West Virginia |
80.9 |
1.2 |
| Wisconsin |
83.9 |
1.0 |
| Wyoming |
77.7 |
1.2 |
a Measure is age adjusted.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
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