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Table 1 Comparison those attending their first screening appointment, defaulters who provided a self-taken sample, and the SCCRS cohort

From: Estimation of HPV prevalence in young women in Scotland; monitoring of future vaccine impact

 

Attenders

Defaulters

Cohort

Liquid based cytology samples

Self-taken samples

Extract of registered women from SCCRS

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

SIMD

      

1: Most deprived

470

22.8

145

20.5

9204

22.3

2

481

23.3

125

17.6

8689

21.1

3

400

19.4

129

18.2

7515

18.2

4

333

16.1

147

20.7

7262

17.6

5: Least deprived

378

18.3

163

23.0

8545

20.7

Proportion of non-white residents in datazone

      

Q1 [0.0%-0.4%)

458

22.2

151

21.3

  

Q2 [0.4%-1.0%)

450

21.8

137

19.3

  

Q3 [1.0%-2.0%)

431

20.9

135

19.0

  

Q4 [2.0%-5.3%)

398

19.3

136

19.2

  

Q5 [5.3%-65.6%)

325

15.8

150

21.2

  

Datazone urban/rural

      

1: large urban

991

48.1

339

47.8

  

2: other urban

626

30.4

196

27.6

  

3-4: accessible/remote small towns

204

9.9

83

11.7

  

5-6: accessible/remote rural

241

11.7

91

12.8

  
  1. SIMD is the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. The proportion of non-white residents in each area is derived from 2001 census data. SCCRS is the Scottish Cervical Call/Recall System which all women eligible for screening in Scotland are recorded on.